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| Big Self Portrait 1968 acrylic on canvas 1071/2 X 831/2 inches |
Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close (born July 5, 1940) is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work that remains sought after by museums and collectors. Close currently lives and works in New York's West Village[1] and in Bridgehampton, New York.[2]
One of my favorite artists, his early super-realist style shows mastery of value . His work looks like B&W photographs.
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