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Chuck (Charles Thomas) Close

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Chuck (Charles Thomas) Close (1940 - 2021) was active/lived in New York.  Chuck Close is known for Photo-grid real portrait pencil drawing.

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 "Chuck Close, Artist of Outsized Reality, Dies at 81," Obituary, The New York Times, by Ken Johnson and Robin Pogrebin, August 19, 2021

He found success with his large-scale Photorealist portraits, becoming one of the leading artists of his generation. Late in life he faced allegations of sexual harassment.

Chuck Close, who rose to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s with colossal Photorealist portraits of himself, family members and fellow artists, but who late in his career faced accusations of sexual harassment, died on Thursday in a hospital in Oceanside, N.Y. He was 81.

His death was confirmed by his lawyer, John Silberman.

At the end of the 1960s, a period when formalist abstraction and Pop Art dominated the contemporary scene, Mr. Close began using an airbrush and diluted black paint to create highly detailed nine-foot-tall grisaille paintings based on mug-shot-like photographs of himself and his friends.

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Facts about Chuck (Charles Thomas) Close

   Publications  Book References:  122
Magazine References:  54

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54 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Chuck (Charles Thomas) Close
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review A Portrait of America: The Nation & Ohio February 2007 Novak, Barbara; Louis Zona Yes
Art & Antiques Artists Under the Influence August 2006 Spears, Dorothy Yes
Art-Talk art Buzz June 2006 Editor, Art-Talk Yes
American Art Collector How an artist's reputation affects the value of a work of art April 2006 Jacob, Jane C.H. Yes
ARTFORUM Summer Preview 2005 May 2005 ArtForum Editors Yes
Art & Antiques Painting Up Close March 2005 Gomez, Edward M Yes
ARTnews Spitting Image January 2005 Greben, Deidre Stein Yes
Art & Auction Current Event November 2004 Pollack, Barbara Yes
Art & Auction around the block: art and politics November 2004 Vincent, Steven Yes
Art in America Graphic Art in the Summer of Discon October 2004 Hirsch, Faye No
Art in America Front Page September 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Reviews September 2004 Editors, Artnews No
ARTnews National News September 2004 Eitors, Artnews Yes
Art & Auction August Calendar August 2004 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
Art & Antiques A & A Update June 2004 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
Art-Talk Auctions: Post War and Contemporary June 2004 Editors, Art Talk Yes
ARTnews Art Market May 2004 Editors, ARTnews Yes
American Artist Exhibitions April 2004 Lyons, Susan Yes
Art in America Prints: Close & Company March 2004 Hirsch, Faye Yes
Art in America Valerio's Allegorical Realism January 2004 Heartney, Eleanor Yes
ARTnews Walking on Lucas Samaras December 2003 Bayliss, Sarah Yes
ARTnews Books November 2003 Editor, ARTnews Yes
Art & Antiques Playing with Fire? October 2003 Spike, John T Yes
Art & Antiques Museum Scene July 2003 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
ARTFORUM Locus Focus June 2003 Criqui, Jean Pierre Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions May 2003 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews ARTtalk April 2003 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews From Little Men in Red Coats to "Bo April 2003 Thomas, Kelly Devine Yes
Art & Antiques The Top 100 Collectors in America March 2003 Cochran, B.L. and R.D Yes
ARTnews Changing Pace March 2002 Sheets, Hilarie M No
ARTnews ARTtalk February 2002 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art-Talk Up Now: Reviews February 2001 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews Reviews December 2000 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews ARTnews October 2000 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews Campaign 2000: How the October 2000 Talley, M Kirby, Gitell, Seth No
ARTnews Reviews August 2000 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews ARTtalk May 2000 Editors, ARTNews Yes
Art & Auction Marketplace January 2000 Editors Yes
Art in America Four Close-Ups and One Nude February 1999 Nochlin, Linda, and others Yes
ARTnews Reviews May 1998 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art in America Import/Export: Variations in Noir April 1998 Duncan, Michael Yes
ARTnews The Making of a Retrospective April 1998 Gregg, Gail No
American Artist Exhibits April 1998 Moss, E Lynne Yes
ARTnews Taking the Plunge February 1998 Gardner, Paul Yes
Art & Auction Portrait of the Artist February 1998 Vincent, Steven Yes
Art & Auction Around the Block March 1996 Editors, Art and Auction No
Art in America Domestic Globalism at the Carnegie February 1996 Adams, Brooks Yes
Art & Auction Around the Block February 1996 Jeromack, Paul No
ARTnews Reviews January 1996 Editors, Art News Yes
ARTnews City Focus-Southern California November 1995 Muchinic, Suzanne Yes
Art & Auction In the Galleries September 1995 Editors, Art and Auction Yes
ARTnews Braving the 1995 Biennial March 1995 Kertess, Klaus Yes
ARTnews Light, Canvas, Action December 1994 Gardner, Paul Yes
American Art Review Minimal to Conceptual October 1994 Donovan, Molly Yes
122 Book References for Chuck (Charles Thomas) Close
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 360 Yes
2007 Finch, Christopher Chuck Close / Work 320 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Friedman, Martin Close Reading Chuck Close and the Artist Portrait 344 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 Meisel, Louis & Chase, L Photorealism at the Millennium 224 Yes
2000 Voss, Frederick Portraits of the Presidents: The National Portrait Gallery
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Seidner, David Artists at Work Inside the Studios of Today's Most Celebrated Artists 0 No
1998 Smithsonian: Hirshhorn Museum Chuck Close 6 No
1997 Curiger, Brice Birth of the Cool From Georgia O'Keeffe to Christopher Wool
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 Yes
1997 Lucie-Smith, Edward Visual Arts in the 20th Century 400 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
1996 Brown, Kathan Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press 287 Yes
1996 Demetrion, James T (Introduction) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art 166 Yes
1996 Ruzicka, Joseph Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking 220 Yes
1995 Adams, H. and Johnson, K. Made in America Ten Centuries of American Art 192 Yes
1995 Fineberg, Jonathan Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being 496 Yes
1995 Flam, Jack; Donald Marron The Paine Webber Art Collection 304 Yes
1995 Guare, John Chuck Close 130 Yes
1995 Hansen, Trudy (others) Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990 248 Yes
1995 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art Today 512 Yes
1995 Yau, John Chuck Close: Recent Paintings
(Exhibition catalog)		 35 Yes
1994 Craven, Wayne American Art History and Culture 687 Yes
1994 Hennessey, William, G Smith From Ansel Adams To Andy Warhol 119 No
1994 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Realism 240 Yes
1994 Sweetkind, Irene/W H Gerdts Master Paintings from the Butler Institute of American Art 372 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Kostelanetz, Richard Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes 246 No
1993 Meisel, Louis K Photorealism Since 1980 368 Yes
1992 Columbus Museum of Art A Nation's Legacy 150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections
(Exhibition catalog)		 198 Yes
1992 Gotz, Stephan American Artists In Their New York Studios 175 Yes
1992 Kurtz, Bruce D Contemporary Art 1965-1990 256 Yes
1992 National Gallery of Art American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)		 545 No
1992 Seitz, William C Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970 250 Yes
1991 Hoffman, Katherine Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945 400 Yes
1991 John Berggruen Gallery Large Scale Works on Paper
(Exhibition catalog)		 47 Yes
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1990 Goddard, Donald; Robert Rosenblum (Intro) American Painting 319 Yes
1990 Livingstone, Marco Pop Art A Continuing History 271 Yes
1989 Armstrong, Elizabeth First Impressions Early Prints by Forty-six Contemporary Artists
(Exhibition catalog)		 149 Yes
1989 Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition
(Exhibition catalog)		 230 Yes
1989 Butler Institute Chuck Close: Editions 30 No
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1989 Ward, John L American Realist Painting 1945-1980 431 No
1988 Finch, Christopher Twentieth Century Watercolors 310 Yes
1988 Lipshultz, Sandra LaWall Selected Works Minneapolis Institute of Arts 269 Yes
1988 Sandler, Irving American Art of the 1960s 412 Yes
1987 Crane, Diana Transformation of the Avant-Garde The New York Art World 1940-1985 194 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Cummings, Paul 20th Century Drawings from the Whitney Museum of American Art 176 Yes
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1987 Lyons, Lisa/Robert Storr Chuck Close 184 Yes
1986 Finch, Christopher American Watercolors 312 Yes
1986 Hunter, Sam An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940
(Exhibition catalog)		 269 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Marshall, Richard 50 New York Artists 118 Yes
1986 Rose, Barbara American Painting: The Twentieth Century (Second edition) 170 Yes
1986 Stein, Harvey Artists Observed 160 No
1985 Adams, Henry; John Caldwell, John Lane et all American Drawings and Watercolors In The Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute
(Exhibition catalog)		 314 Yes
1985 Kramer, Hilton The Revenge of the Philistines Art and Culture 1972-1984 445 No
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now 160 Yes
1985 Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist 461 No
1984 Baigell, Mathew American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History 420 No
1984 DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How 320 No
1984 Hunter, Sam The Museum of Modern Art, New York The History and the Collection 599 Yes
1984 Lucie-Smith, Edward Movements in Art since 1945 New Revised Edition 288 Yes
1984 Lund Humphries Art of Our Time The Saatchi Collection (4 Vols) 700 Yes
1984 Marks, Claude World Artists 1950-1980 912 No
1984 Marshall, Richard American Art Since 1970, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Whitney Museum of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 124 No
1984 Reaves, Wendy Wick American Portrait Prints Tenth Annual American Print Conference 285 No
1984 Robins, Corrine The Pluralist Era: American Art 1968-1981 246 Yes
1984 Severinghaus, J Walter Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection 333 Yes
1984 Watrous, James American Printmaking A Century of American Printmaking 1880-1980 334 Yes
1983 Kaplan, Ellen Prints A Collector's Guide 253 No
1983 Museum of Contemporary Art The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections
(Exhibition catalog)		 293 Yes
1982 Johnson, Ellen H (editor) American Artists on Art from 1940 to 1980 274 No
1982 Messer, Thomas/Arlene Bujese Twenty-Five Artists 108 No
1981 Armstrong, Tom Amerikanische Malerei 1930-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 301 Yes
1981 Danoff, Michael/C K Carr The Image in American Painting and Sculpture 1950-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 102 Yes
1981 Goldman, Judith American Prints: Process and Proofs 176 Yes
1981 Goodyear, Frank H, Jr. Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts) 255 Yes
1981 Newport Harbor Art Museum Inside Out Self beyond Likeness
(Exhibition catalog)		 103 Yes
1981 Vogt, Paul Contemporary, Painting 134 Yes
1981 Whitney Museum Twentieth Century Drawings Selections from the Whitney 136 No
1980 Arthur, John Realist Drawings & Watercolors Contemporary American Works on Papers 144 Yes
1980 Castleman, Riva Printed Art: A View of Two Decades 144 Yes
1980 Johnson, Una E American Prints and Printmakers A Chronicle of Over 400 Artists 266 Yes
1980 Kahan, Mitchell Douglas American Painting of the Sixties and Seventies
(Exhibition catalog)		 88 Yes
1980 Lindey, Christine Superrealist Painting and Sculpture 160 Yes
1980 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art in the Seventies 128 Yes
1980 Lyons, Lisa/Martin Friedman Close Portraits (Chuck Close)
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 Yes
1980 Styron, Thomas W American Figure Painting 1950-198
(Exhibition catalog)		 115 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Brown, Milton W (others) American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts 616 Yes
1979 Butler, Hiram (others) Documents, Drawings, and Collages Fifty American Works on Paper
(Exhibition catalog)		 123 No
1979 Cathcart, Linda L American Painting of the 1970s
(Exhibition catalog)		 111 Yes
1979 Diamonstein, Barbaralee Inside New York's Art World 380 Yes
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Krauss, Rosalind E Grids Format and Image in 20th Century Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1979 Kunstraum Munchen Chuck Close
(Exhibition catalog)		 93 Yes
1979 Levin, Kim Chuck Close Recent Work
(Exhibition catalog)		 32 Yes
1978 Mathey, Francois American Realism 192 No
1978 Walker, John Art Since Pop 110 Yes
1977 Prown, Jules/Barbara Rose American Painting From the Colonial Period to the Present 277 Yes
1977 Whitney Museum 1977 Biennial Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 104 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 Johnson, Ellen H Modern Art and the Object A Century of Changing Values 240 No
1976 Kulturmann, Udo New Realism 190 Yes
1976 Lipman, Jean/Helen M Franc Bright Stars: American Painting and Sculpture Since1776 208 Yes
1976 Stebbins, Theodore E American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper 464 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 Lieberman, Herbert (ed) Artists/USA 1974-75: Guide to Contemporary American Art 190 No
1973 Chase, Linda Les Hyperrrealists Americains 76 Yes
1973 Institute for the Arts, Rice U Gray is the Color Grisaille Painting 13th-20th Centuries
(Exhibition catalog)		 171 No
1973 Robinson, Franklin W One Hundred Master Drawings from New England Private Collections 219 No
1973 Van Der Marck, Jan American Art Third Quarter Century
(Exhibition catalog)		 138 Yes
1973 Wilmerding, John The Genius of American Painting 352 Yes
1970 Monte, James K 22 Realists
(Exhibition catalog)		 54 No
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