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Chuck Close

Full Name of Artist (birthname)- Charles Thomas Close

Born- July 5, 1940 Monroe, Washington

Died- Still alive and painting in New York City.

Art Medium/materials- He experimented with airbrushes, sponges, rags, and even an eraser attached to an electric drill. In 1970 he expanded to use watercolors, ink, oil pastels, paint, and printmaking.

Subject/genre- Chuck Close made huge portraits imitating photos. He was an expressionist painter.

Art movement/period of artist- Chuck Close Used many different styles, including using cardboard, magazines, and photographs.

Title of artwork- Linda Year it was created- 1975- 1976 Medium- arcrylic on canvas

An interesting fact about my artist- In December 1988 Chuck Close suffered from a collapsed artery that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. He recived a bachlor of fine arts degree in 1963 from Yale University.He is still living.His earlier images didn't show color or expression. In his early life he had bad grades because of his reading disability. He began painting highly realistic portraits around 1967. He painted with a tiny airbrush and acrylic paints which created highly detailed images.The large size of his portraits created an imposing,haunting effect.

Works Cited: Leveton, Deborah. "Close, Chuck." //World Book Student.// World Book, 2011. Web. 10 Feb. 2011.

Greenburg, Jan and Jordan, Sandra. //Chuck Close Up Close//. New York: DK Publishing Inc., 1988.