Close, born in Monroe, Washington in , started making art at a young age and enrolled at the at the University of Washington as an art major, graduating with high honours in He then completed a master of fine arts degree at Yale University in and taught at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, before moving to New York in In , an injury to a spinal blood vessel nearly paralysed Close completely, but after extended physical therapy, he resumed an active painting career, working with a brush taped to his arm and a mechanical easel.
In the years since, his fame has only grown, and along with it, a host of touted figures have been depicted in his work, from former U. President Bill Clinton to artist Kara Walker. With the prospect of his nearing passing, Close began to paint more self-portraits. Facing death, or whatever the hell it is. I think it comes out of my diagnosis and not knowing how long I have. All Rights reserved.
August 19, pm. Powered by WordPress. Our Sites. Eventually, after rounds of physical therapy, Close, who became permanently confined to a wheelchair, regained the partial use of his limbs. Despite the physical limitations, Close pressed forward with his work.
With a brush taped to his wrist, Close continued to paint, but in a style that was more abstract and less precise. In his later years, Close's work was met with rave reviews and expensive commissions.
Close divorced his first wife, Leslie, in Two years later, he married artist Sienna Shields. In late , the Close found himself grouped among the expanding list of influential men accused of sexual misconduct. The accusations generally involved the artist asking women to pose naked for him, and making crude comments about their body parts. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
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Originally drawn to Abstract Expressionism, particularly the work of Willem de Kooning, Close in the early s began painting in what would become his early signature style, forcing thinned out black acrylic paint through an airbrush to create massive, uncannily smooth-looking portraits of himself and his close friends and family members, using photographs as reference.
I am not making Pop personality posters like the ones they sell in the Village. In , while in New York, Close was stricken with a collapsed spinal artery and left paralyzed from the neck down and in a wheelchair at the age of forty-eight.
After undergoing intense rehabilitation, he began painting again.
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