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Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very large format camera.
Aug 19, 2021 · Chuck Close, who rose to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s with colossal Photorealist portraits of himself, family members and fellow artists, but who late in his career faced accusations of...
Chuck Close (born July 5, 1940, Monroe, Washington, U.S.—died August 19, 2021, Oceanside, New York) was an American artist noted for his highly inventive techniques used to paint the human face. He is best known for his large-scale Photo-realist portraits.
Summary of Chuck Close. Chuck Close is globally renowned for reinvigorating the art of portrait painting from the late 1960s to the present day, an era when photography had been challenging painting's former dominance in this area, and succeeding in steadily gaining critical appreciation as an artistic medium in its own right.
Aug 20, 2021 · Close, a gruff iconoclast and minimalist who created Photorealist portraits across five decades, died on Thursday in New York at 81.
Aug 20, 2021 · Chuck Close, who was known for his giant photorealist portraits of friends and colleagues in the art world, has died at the age of 81. Late in life, Close faced accusations of sexual...
Aug 20, 2021 · Chuck Close was known for his giant photorealist portraits of friends and colleagues in the art world. Late in life, Close faced accusations of sexual harassment.
Aug 20, 2021 · American artist Chuck Close, whose distinctive portraits immortalized friends, artists and some of pop culture’s most recognizable faces, died Thursday aged 81.
Aug 23, 2021 · Chuck Close, the acclaimed American artist known for his stunning photorealist portraits, died last Thursday at age 81. As Ken Johnson and Robin Pogrebin report for the New York...
Aug 19, 2021 · NEW YORK — Chuck Close, a painter, photographer and printmaker best known for his monumental grid portraits and photo-based paintings of family and famous friends, has died. He was 81.
