Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very large format camera. He adapted his painting style and working methods in 1988, after being paralyzed by an occlusion of the anterior spinal artery.
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Charles Thomas Close 5 July 1940 Monroe, Washington
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Died |
19 August 2021 (aged 81) Oceanside, New York
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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