Chuck Close

January 10, 2024
Photographer

Quick Facts

Chuck Close
Full Name Chuck Close
Occupation Photographer
Date Of Birth Jul 5, 1940(1940-07-05)
Age 84
Birthplace Monroe
Country United States
Birth City Washington
Horoscope Cancer

Chuck Close Biography

Name Chuck Close
Birthday Jul 5
Birth Year 1940
Place Of Birth Monroe
Home Town Washington
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Cancer
Parents Leslie Durward Close, Mildred Wagner Close
Spouse Leslie Rose
Children(s) Maggie Sarah, Georgia Molly

Chuck Close is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on July 5, 1940 in Monroe, Washington, United States. American photographer and artist who was famous for his photorealistic portraits of large scale. He was awarded his National Medal of Arts in 2000.

He was influenced from one Jackson Pollock’s pieces when he was a kid.

He split with wife Leslie Rose in 2011.

Chuck Close Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Photographer
House Living in own house.

Chuck Close is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chuck Close 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was awarded a scholarship to The Yale Summer School of Music and Art at the age of twenty-two.

It was his work that was played in 1993’s movie Six Degrees of Separation.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Chuck Close Dating?

According to our records, Chuck Close married to Leslie Rose. As of December 1, 2023, Chuck Close’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Chuck Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Chuck Close celebrates birthday on July 5 of every year.

Why was Chuck Close canceled?

Close, who became famous in the 1970s for his distinctive, monumental paintings and self-portraits that toyed with viewers’ perceptions, has been largely out of the spotlight since 2017, when several women accused him of sexual harassment.

How did Chuck Close become paralyzed?

On Dec. 7, 1988, at the age of 49, Close was at the height of his career as a portrait painter when he was stricken with a spinal blood clot that left him a quadriplegic.

When did Chuck Close died?

August 19, 2021

What disease does Chuck Close have?

Since childhood, Close has lived with muscle weakness that remains undiagnosed, dyslexia (a reading disability that occurs when the brain does not properly recognize and process certain symbols), and prosopagnosia (or “face blindness,” an impairment in the ability to recognize or differentiate between human faces).

Why did Chuck Close paint Big Self Portrait?

Close explained this was a conscious choice he made in 1967, and that he was convinced that doing so would help propel him in a new and positive direction as an artist : “If you impose a limit to not do something you’ve done before, it will push you to where you’ve never gone before” (Norman).

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