Chuck Close

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Chuck Close

• Living artist
• Photo-realism
• Portraits

Self Portrait 1997, Oil on canvas
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Photo-Realism
Hotel Empire, Richard Estes
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Chuck Close and Photo-Realism

• Large scale portraits
• Family and friends
• Uses Graphs to enlarge Photographs
• Six figure paintings

Frank. 1969 Oil on canvas 108 x 84
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Early Works
Phil.1969 Acrylic on canvas, 108 x 84"
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Phil Watercolor. 1977, Watercolor on paper 58 x
40"
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Big Self-Portrait. 1967-68. Acrylic on canvas.
107 1/2 x 83 1/2"
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Linda. 1975-76. Acrylic and pencil on canvas. 108
x 84"
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Fanny / Finger-painting (detail at left). 1985.
Oil-based ink on canvas. 102 x 84"
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Jud / Collage. 1982.Pulp paper collage on canvas.
96 x 72"
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Leslie/Watercolor 1.1986. Watercolor on paper
30.25 x 22.25
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An Obstacle

• 1988 health problems
• Hospitalization
• Paralysis

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Overcoming All

• New studio
• New techniques
• New style

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• I had to recover enough to paint. There is
  nothing else I can do. There is nothing else I
  want to do
• Chuck Close

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The Studio
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Alex II. 1989. Oil on canvas. 36 x 30"
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Roy II, 1994 .Oil on canvas, 102 x 84
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Kiki, 1968. Acrylic on canvas. 107 1/2 x 83 ½
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Theres a real joy in putting these little marks
together. They may look like hotdogs, but with
them I build a painting. Chuck Close
Elizabeth, 1989. Oil on canvas, 72 x 60
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Judy, 1989-90. Oil on canvas. 72 x 60
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Chuck Close
Self-portrait. 1996. Oil on canvas