Chuck Close

Chuck Close
Close in 2009
Born
Charles Thomas Close

(1940-07-05)July 5, 1940
DiedAugust 19, 2021(2021-08-19) (aged 81)
EducationUniversity of Washington (BA, 1962)
Yale University (MFA)
Known forPhotorealistic painter, photographer

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. He adapted his painting style and working methods in 1988, after being paralyzed by an occlusion of the anterior spinal artery.