Chuck Close
American artist (1940-2021) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 81
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.
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He adapted his painting style and working methods in 1988, after being paralyzed by an occlusion of the anterior spinal artery.
