Chuck Close Biography

Chuck Close biography

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NAME: Chuck Thomas Close
OCCUPATION: Educator, Painter
BIRTH DATE: July 05, 1940 (Age: 71)
EDUCATION: University of Washington School of Art, Yale University School of Art and Architecture
PLACE OF BIRTH: Monroe, Washington

ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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American artist noted for his highly inventive techniques used to paint the human face. He is best known for his large-scale, Photo-Realist portraits.

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Chuck Close was born on July 5, 1940 in Monroe, Washington. At the age of 14, Close saw an exhibition of Jackson Pollack's abstract paintings, which helped inspire him to become a painter. Throughout his career, he has concentrated on portraits based on photographs he had already taken and has been called a Photo-Realist, Minimalist, and Abstract Expressionist.