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Chuck Close. Living artist Photo-realism Portraits. Self Portrait 1997, Oil on canvas. Photo-Realism. Hotel Empire , Richard Estes. Chuck Close and Photo-Realism. Large scale portraits Family and friends Uses Graphs to enlarge Photographs Six figure paintings.
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Chuck Close • Living artist • Photo-realism • Portraits Self Portrait 1997, Oil on canvas
Photo-Realism Hotel Empire, Richard Estes
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”
Early Works Phil.1969 Acrylic on canvas, 108 x 84"
Big Self-Portrait. 1967-68. Acrylic on canvas. 107 1/2 x 83 1/2"
Fanny / Finger-painting (detail at left). 1985. Oil-based ink on canvas. 102 x 84"
Leslie/Watercolor 1.1986. Watercolor on paper 30.25 x 22.25”
An Obstacle • 1988 health problems • Hospitalization • Paralysis
Overcoming All • New studio • New techniques • New style
“ I had to recover enough to paint. There is nothing else I can do. There is nothing else I want to do” Chuck Close
“There’s 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”
Chuck Close Self-portrait. 1996. Oil on canvas