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Arts > Painters > USA > Chuck Close 1940-2021
Chuck Close’s “Big Self-Portrait,” painted in 1968, was the first of his colossal Photorealist portraits and remains one of his best known.
Credit: Chuck Close, via Pace Gallery
Chuck Close, Artist of Outsized Reality, Dies at 81 He found success with his large-scale Photorealist portraits, becoming one of the leading artists of his generation. Late in life he faced allegations of sexual harassment. NYT Aug. 19, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/
Chuck Close, “Nancy,” 1968, an early effort in black and white.
Credit: Chuck Close and Pace Gallery
Chuck Close’s Uneasy, Inevitable Legacy The artist was a great one-hit wonder, twice, before a scandal set in. Will his paintings regain visibility? Our critic argues it is healthier for us to see them. NYT Aug. 20, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/
Chuck Close, “Linda,” 1975-76, acrylic and pencil on canvas.
Credit: Chuck Close and Pace Gallery
Chuck Close’s Uneasy, Inevitable Legacy The artist was a great one-hit wonder, twice, before a scandal set in. Will his paintings regain visibility? Our critic argues it is healthier for us to see them. NYT Aug. 20, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/
Chuck Close, “Elizabeth,” 1989; portrait of Elizabeth Murray.
Credit: Chuck Close and Pace Gallery
Chuck Close’s Uneasy, Inevitable Legacy The artist was a great one-hit wonder, twice, before a scandal set in. Will his paintings regain visibility? Our critic argues it is healthier for us to see them. NYT Aug. 20, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/
Charles Thomas Close / Chuck Close 1940-2021
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 sexual harassment
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At the end of the 1960s, a period when formalist abstraction and Pop Art dominated the contemporary scene, Mr. Close began using an airbrush and diluted black paint to create highly detailed nine-foot-tall grisaille paintings based on mug-shot-like photographs of himself and his friends.
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