Charles Thomas Close

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Washington
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Chuck_Close
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:MacArthur_Fellowship
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Arts
gptkbp:birthDate 1940-07-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Monroe,_Washington,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath congestive heart failure
gptkbp:children gptkb:Georgia_Close
gptkbp:deathDate 2021-08-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Oceanside,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Washington
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:White_American
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Walker_Art_Center
gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:portrait
visual arts
gptkbp:gender male
gptkbp:hasWebsite http://www.chuckclose.com/
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Thomas Close
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Kehinde_Wiley
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Jackson_Pollock
gptkb:Willem_de_Kooning
gptkbp:knownFor large-scale portraits
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:movement photorealism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Big_Self-Portrait
gptkb:Mark
gptkb:Lucas
gptkb:Phil
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:painter
gptkb:photographer
gptkbp:paralyzed 1988
gptkbp:signature Chuck Close signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Leslie_Rose
gptkb:Sienna_Shields
gptkbp:style photorealism
pointillism
gptkbp:subjectOf book 'Chuck Close: Life'
documentary 'Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress'
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chuck_Close
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