Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, artist and photographer. He made massive-scale photorealist portraits. Close often painted abstract portraits of himself and others, which hang in collections internationally. Close also created photo portraits using a very large format camera. A catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, but he continued to paint. He died on August 19th, 2021.
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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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