Chuck Close
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Chuck Close was an American painter and photographer renowned for his large-scale, photorealistic portraits created using meticulous, grid-based techniques.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chuck Close canonical | 15 |
| Chuck Close portrait series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2933783 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chuck Close Context triple: [Chuck, usedAsGivenNameBy, Chuck Close]
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A.
Frederick Hart
Frederick Hart was an American sculptor renowned for his figurative public monuments, most notably his bronze "Three Servicemen" statue that complements the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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B.
Larry Poons
Larry Poons is an American abstract painter known for his vibrant, optically dynamic compositions that evolved from dot-based Op Art to energetic, gestural abstractions.
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C.
Titus Kaphar
Titus Kaphar is a contemporary American artist known for reimagining and altering historical paintings to highlight overlooked Black figures and critique the narratives of Western art history.
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D.
Philip Pearlstein
Philip Pearlstein was an American painter best known for his large-scale, sharply realistic nude figure paintings that helped redefine figurative art in the late 20th century.
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E.
Tom Wesselmann
Tom Wesselmann was an American Pop artist best known for his bold, stylized depictions of the female nude and everyday consumer objects in vibrant, large-scale compositions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chuck Close Target entity description: Chuck Close was an American painter and photographer renowned for his large-scale, photorealistic portraits created using meticulous, grid-based techniques.
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A.
Frederick Hart
Frederick Hart was an American sculptor renowned for his figurative public monuments, most notably his bronze "Three Servicemen" statue that complements the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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B.
Larry Poons
Larry Poons is an American abstract painter known for his vibrant, optically dynamic compositions that evolved from dot-based Op Art to energetic, gestural abstractions.
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C.
Titus Kaphar
Titus Kaphar is a contemporary American artist known for reimagining and altering historical paintings to highlight overlooked Black figures and critique the narratives of Western art history.
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D.
Philip Pearlstein
Philip Pearlstein was an American painter best known for his large-scale, sharply realistic nude figure paintings that helped redefine figurative art in the late 20th century.
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E.
Tom Wesselmann
Tom Wesselmann was an American Pop artist best known for his bold, stylized depictions of the female nude and everyday consumer objects in vibrant, large-scale compositions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
painter ⓘ photographer ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
grid method
ⓘ
pixelated color units ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
MacArthur Fellowship
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National Medal of Arts ⓘ Skowhegan Medal for Painting ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | congestive heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-07-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-08-19 ⓘ |
| degree |
BFA from University of Washington
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MFA from Yale University ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Everett Community College
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University of Washington ⓘ Yale University School of Art ⓘ
linked to:
Yale School of Art
|
| employer |
School of Visual Arts
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Close ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
painting
ⓘ
photography ⓘ printmaking ⓘ |
| fullName | Charles Thomas Close ⓘ |
| genre | portraiture ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasDisability |
partial paralysis
ⓘ
prosopagnosia ⓘ |
| influencedBy | photography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
grid-based painting techniques
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large-scale portraits ⓘ photorealistic portraits ⓘ |
| movement |
Contemporary art
ⓘ
Photorealism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
created monumental canvases
ⓘ
used systematic, incremental mark-making ⓘ worked from photographic sources ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Self-Portrait
ⓘ
Lucas ⓘ Mark ⓘ Self-Portrait (various series) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Monroe, Washington, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Monroe, Washington
|
| placeOfDeath |
Oceanside, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanside, New York
|
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| style |
abstraction
ⓘ
photorealism ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art
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retrospectives at the Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chuck Close Description of subject: Chuck Close was an American painter and photographer renowned for his large-scale, photorealistic portraits created using meticulous, grid-based techniques.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Chuck Close