Chuck Close
Charles Thomas Close 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. He adapted his painting style and working methods in 1988, after being paralyzed by an occlusion of the anterior spinal artery.
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Background
- Born in
- Monroe
- Educated at
- Yale School of ArtUniversity of Washington School of Art + Art History + DesignUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstYale University
- Awards
- 🏆 National Medal of Arts🏆 Rome Prize
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Timeline
1940
Born
Birth2021
Died
Death
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