Chuck Close

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Chuck Close

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• Nicole

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Famous Work Of ArtNicole Raccuia

• Chuck Close has created many pieces of art. One
  of his most famous works or art is a portrait
  named, Bill. Like all of Closes other work,
  the method he used was painting on huge, diagonal
  grid. To the left, is my creation of a turtle
  using Closes style of art.

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The life of Chuck Close

• Chuck Close was born in Washington in 1940. At
  the age 4, Close knew he was going to become an
  artist. In his teens, he wasnt very skilled at
  any sports and was a slow learner. After
  graduating out of the University of Washington,
  he went to the Yale Graduate School and got a
  grant to study in Europe. In 1967 he moved to New
  York City and painted from black and white
  photographs. From 1967-1987 he became world
  famous for the huge portraits he made. In the end
  of 1988, because of an incident, he was
  paralyzed. Even though Chuck has some
  disabilities, it does not prevent him from being
  an artist. Chuck Close is still alive today and
  is still creating many great pieces of art.

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Style of Art

• Chuck Closes style of art was usually
  portraits or big pictures of faces. He created
  mostly works of art of himself and usually the
  same head-on, pass-port photo view, unsmiling
  lips and dead pan eyes. Because of his
  disability, he sits on a forklift type of chair.
  He moves up and down painting on a huge portrait
  (grid paper). He uses finger prints, crayon,
  airbrush, and paint on his creations. As a
  result, Chuck Close is one fine artist.

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My Opinion

• I think I like Chuck Closes art work because his
  creations of art are so unique and different. He
  used fingerprints and absurd colors to come out
  with a creation. I would recommend picking Chuck
  Close to research about because I have never seen
  such a cool and different style of art.

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Works Cited

• Howlett, Margret. Portraits of the Artist.
  Scholastic Art. January, 2009 p.4.

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By Nicole