Chuck Close Biography

Chuck Close biography

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NAME: Chuck Close
OCCUPATION: Educator, Painter
BIRTH DATE: July 05, 1940 (Age: 72)
EDUCATION: University of Washington School of Art, Yale University School of Art and Architecture
PLACE OF BIRTH: Monroe, Washington
Full Name: Charles Thomas Close
AKA: Chuck Close
ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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Chuck Close is noted for his highly inventive techniques used to paint the human face. He rose to fame in the late 1960s for his large-scale, photo-realist portraits.

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In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Close was left almost entirely paralyzed. Eventually, after rounds of physical therapy, Close, who became permanently confined to a wheelchair, regained the partial use of his limbs.

Despite the physical limitations, Close pressed forward with his work. With a brush taped to his wrist, Close continued to paint,

but in a style that was more abstract and less precise. His reputation and standing have not suffered in the least.

In the years since, Close's position atop the American art world hasn't changed. His work has been met with rave reviews and expensive commissions. In 2000 President Clinton named Close a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. In 2007 his life became the subject of a full-length documentary, Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress, by director Marion Cajori. Close and his wife, Leslie, live in New York City and Long Island, New York.