"Chuck Close, Artist of Outsized Reality, Dies at 81," Obituary, The New York Times, by Ken Johnson and Robin Pogrebin, August 19, 2021. He found success with his large-scale Photorealist portraits,... Read full biography
"Chuck Close, Artist of Outsized Reality, Dies at 81," Obituary, The New York Times, by Ken Johnson and Robin Pogrebin, August 19, 2021. 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... Read full biography
"Chuck Close, Artist of Outsized Reality, Dies at 81," Obituary, The New York Times, by Ken Johnson and Robin Pogrebin, August 19, 2021. 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. 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... Read full biography
"Chuck Close, Artist of Outsized Reality, Dies at 81," Obituary, The New York Times, by Ken Johnson and Robin Pogrebin, August 19, 2021. 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. 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, died on Thursday in a hospital in Oceanside, N.Y. He was 81. His death was confirmed by his lawyer, John Silberman. At the end of the 1960s, a period when formalist abstraction and Pop Art dominated the contemporary scene, Mr.... Read full biography
"Chuck Close, Artist of Outsized Reality, Dies at 81," Obituary, The New York Times, by Ken Johnson and Robin Pogrebin, August 19, 2021. 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. 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, died on Thursday in a hospital in Oceanside, N.Y. He was 81. His death was confirmed by his lawyer, John Silberman. 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... Read full biography
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About Chuck (Charles Thomas) Close: Books
Books & Publications (122)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2016
Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors
360 pages (color)
Chuck Close / Work
2007
Finch, Christopher
320 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Close Reading Chuck Close and the Artist Portrait
2005
Friedman, Martin
344 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Photorealism at the Millennium
2003
Meisel, Louis & Chase, L
224 pages (color)
Portraits of the Presidents: The National Portrait Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Voss, Frederick
144 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Artists at Work Inside the Studios of Today's Most Celebrated Artists
1999
Seidner, David
0 pages
Chuck Close
1998
Smithsonian: Hirshhorn Museum
6 pages
Birth of the Cool From Georgia O'Keeffe to Christopher Wool (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Curiger, Brice
144 pages (color)
Visual Arts in the 20th Century
1997
Lucie-Smith, Edward
400 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996
Barbara and Peter Toohil
363 pages (color)
Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press
1996
Brown, Kathan
287 pages (color)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art
1996
Demetrion, James T (Introduction)
166 pages (color)
Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking
1996
Ruzicka, Joseph
220 pages (color)
Made in America Ten Centuries of American Art
1995
Adams, H. and Johnson, K.
192 pages (color)
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
The Paine Webber Art Collection
1995
Flam, Jack; Donald Marron
304 pages (color)
Chuck Close
1995
Guare, John
130 pages (color)
Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990