Chuck Close
American artist (1940–2021)
Also known as Charles Close · Chuck Close (1940-2021) · Charles Close (1940-2021)
- Born
- July 5, 1940
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Sources- 1.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2017-08-23
- 2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in DiscogsRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in The Fine Art Archive
- , July 5, 1941
- July 5, 1940
- Died
- August 19, 2021
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Sources- 1.Stated in The New York Timesnytimes.com/2021/08/19/arts/design/chuck-close-artist-ofoutsized-reality-dies-at-81.htmlRetrieved 2021-08-19
- 2.Stated in The Fine Art Archive Db
- 3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- August 19, 2021
- Birthplace
- Monroe
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Sources- 1.Stated in RKDartists
- 2.Stated in The Fine Art Archive Db
- 3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Monroe
- Place of death
- Oceanside
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Sources- 1.Stated in The New York Timesnytimes.com/2021/08/19/arts/design/chuck-close-artist-ofoutsized-reality-dies-at-81.htmlRetrieved 2021-08-19
- 2.Stated in The Fine Art Archive Db
- Oceanside
- Citizenship
- United States
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Sources- 1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
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Sources- 1.Stated in Union List of Artist Names
- 2.Stated in The Fine Art ArchiveRetrieved 2021-04-01
- , photographer
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Sources- 1.Stated in Union List of Artist Names
- 2.Stated in The Fine Art ArchiveRetrieved 2021-04-01
- , draftsperson
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- +2 more
- painter
- Education
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209 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-07-21
- male
- Has works in the collection
- Städel Museum
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Museum of Modern Art
- Tate
- National Gallery of Victoria
- National Gallery of Art
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- National Gallery of Canada
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Carnegie Museum of Art
- National Gallery of Australia
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Saint Louis Art Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Walker Art Center
- Vanderbilt Museum of Art
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Sources- 1.Stated in Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution IDRetrieved 2021-10-15
- Ackland Art Museum
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Sources- 1.ackland.emuseum.com/people/2438/chuck-close/objectsRetrieved 2022-01-13
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- MTA Arts & Design Permanent Art Collection
- Hessel Museum of Art
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- Print Collection location: New York Public Library Main Branch
- Photography Collection location: New York Public Library Main Branch
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Musée National d'Art Moderne
- Kunsthaus Zürich
- Website
- chuckclose.com language: English
- Copyright representative
- reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
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Sources- 1.Stated in DACS registerRetrieved 2019-10-19
- 2.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-11-02
- Chuck Close
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Sources- 1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-11-02
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
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- reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
- Field of work
- photorealism
- visual arts
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2025-09-07
- painting
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2025-09-07
- fine-art photography
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2025-09-07
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 50 years pma
- Name in native language
- Chuck Close
- Birth name
- Charles Thomas Close
- Cause of death
- heart failure
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Sources- 1.“Chuck Close, photographer known for photorealist portraits, dead at 81”nypost.com/2021/08/19/chuck-close-photographer-known-for-photorealist-portraits-dead-at-81/
- heart failure
- Pseudonym
- Close, Charles Thomas
On other databases
107 identifiers linking Chuck Close across the web's reference databases
- AbART person ID59144
- ADAGP artist ID475787
- ArtBrokerage artist IDChuck-Close
- Artcyclopedia artist IDclose_chuck
- ARTIC artist ID30769
- Artist-info artist ID6399
- Artnet artist IDchuck-close
- Artsy artist IDchuck-close
- AskArt person ID25837
- Awards & Winners artist ID03fz84
- Basis Wien person ID17686
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID124710046
- BIBSYS ID98050435
- Bridgeman artist ID16052
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDclose-chuck
- CANTIC ID981061254154606706
- Christie's creator ID16268
- CiNii Research ID1140563741609300864
- ČSFD person ID35443
- DACS ID (2022)033213
- DACS ID (former)6e2b2d9d-fbe4-e711-8b59-000c29e811b2
- DDB person (GND) ID118871404
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID118871404
- DFK Paris person ID0010000453
- Discogs artist ID4519421
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDbiography/Chuck-Close
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDchuck-close
- Europeana entityagent/base/66833
- FAST ID18688
- Film.ru person IDchak-klouz
- FotoCH photographer ID28110
- Fotografen.nl ID17302
- Freebase ID/m/03fz84
- Genealogics.org person IDI00543229
- George Eastman Museum people ID12836
- GND ID118871404
- Google Arts & Culture entity IDm03fz84
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDChuck_Close
- Grove Art Online IDT018251
- GTAA ID231354
- HAND ID9B26-2551-C1ED-140F-423C
- Harper's tagchuck-close
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID12116
- IdRef ID033899568
- IMDb IDnm0167079
- Invaluable.com person IDdn55faoqoe
- ISNI0000000081833282
- J. Paul Getty Museum agent IDperson/103KZ4
- J9U entity ID987007507972905171
- JRC Names ID694391
- Kallías IDPE00331955
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID118871404
- Kinobox person ID847238
- Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID2155
- LastDodo-area-ID2716987
- Lex IDChuck_(Charles)_Close
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn50061466
- LittleSis people ID131948
- Luminous-Lint IDChuck__Close
- Met Constituent ID161777
- Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID657
- MNCARS artist IDclose-chuck-close-charles-thomas
- Munzinger person ID00000022025
- Museum of Modern Art artist ID1156
- MusicBrainz artist ID0e277c3b-688d-467c-802a-7c8cdf0a4d46
- MutualArt artist ID85868B1F43B9FACC
- MYmovies person ID145113
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA09867233
- National Gallery of Art artist ID6157
- National Gallery of Canada artist IDchuck-close
- National Gallery of Victoria artist ID3998
- National Library of Latvia ID000087028
- National Medal of Arts winner IDchuck-close
- National Portrait Gallery (London) person IDmp132862
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID07040206X
- NE.se IDchuck-close
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID7454
- NL CR AUT IDosd20251272037
- NLA Trove people ID1053676
- NNDB people ID123/000206502
- NUKAT IDn2008122212
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3887090
- Open Library IDOL459727A
- Oxford Reference overview ID20110803095618779
- Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID16647
- Photographers' Identities Catalog ID660
- Prabook ID783775
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID15620
- Quora topic IDChuck-Close
- Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID22558
