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Chuck Close

1940 - 2021

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Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very large format camera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chuck Close has received more than 1,679,494 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Chuck Close is the 1,636th most popular painter (down from 866th in 2019), the 5,893rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,999th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Chuck Close ranks 1,636 out of 2,023. Before him are Emmanuel Lubezki, Laura Muntz Lyall, Ferdinand Keller, Robert Henri, Bartolomeo della Gatta, and Zainul Abedin. After him are Isidore Pils, Karl von Blaas, Sisto Badalocchio, Juan Manuel Blanes, Clive Bell, and Antón Lamazares.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Chuck Close ranks 321. Before him are Mary Ellen Mark, Reinhard Bonnke, Ralph Towner, Veikko Kankkonen, Alfonso Guerra, and George Ritzer. After him are Eberhard Weber, K. J. Yesudas, Yossi Sarid, Andres Tarand, Anzor Kavazashvili, and Jerry Lucas. Among people deceased in 2021, Chuck Close ranks 329. Before him are Art Metrano, Frederic Rzewski, Anatoliy Zlenko, Susana Higuchi, Masayuki Uemura, and Sylvano Bussotti. After him are Una Stubbs, Anatoly Chukanov, Donald Kagan, Jeannette Altwegg, Nikolai Slichenko, and Aurelio Galfetti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chuck Close ranks 5,893 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Shearer (1943), Buddy Rogers (1921), James Hansen (1941), Kathy Najimy (1957), Penn Badgley (1986), and Ernie Terrell (1939). After him are Eugene Polley (1915), Rachel Jackson (1767), Samuel Alito (1950), Efraim Zuroff (1948), Ed Helms (1974), and George Kennan (1845).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Chuck Close ranks 79. Before him are Joan Mitchell (1925), Ad Reinhardt (1913), Kenneth Noland (1924), Alex Katz (1927), Mark Tobey (1890), and Robert Henri (1865). After him are John William Casilear (1811), Frederic Remington (1861), John Baldessari (1931), Morris Louis (1912), Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), and Jenny Holzer (1950).

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