Chuck Close
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| - | In 2002, Douglas Hyland, the director of the New Britain Museum of Art, approached Parrish to create an allegorical tribute to the [[9/11|terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001]]. The completed painting, ''[[The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy]]'', is over 18 feet long and is one of the largest realist paintings ever created in America. However, it has become somewhat controversial, both for its unabashedly academic style, inspired both by [[Jacques Louis David]] and [[William Bouguereau]], and for its highly symbolic content, said to express the cycle of denial and tragedy. It has been compared and contrasted with [[Pablo Picasso]]’s [[Guernica_(painting)|Guernica]] and [[Théodore_Géricault|Gericault]]’s [[The Raft of the Medusa]], both comments on catastrophes. Today it hangs in the Chase Wing of the New Britain Museum of Art next to figurative pieces by [[Julie Heffernan]] and [[Chuck Close]]. It has become a regular destination and subject of debate for New England residents. It is also scheduled to tour in early 2010. | + | |
| + | '''Chuck Thomas Close''' (born [[July 5]], [[1940]], [[Monroe, Washington]]) is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a [[photorealist]], through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work which remains sought after by museums and collectors. | ||
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Chuck Thomas Close (born July 5, 1940, Monroe, Washington) is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work which remains sought after by museums and collectors.
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