Charles Thomas Close
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Charles Thomas Close was an American painter and photographer renowned for his large-scale, photorealistic portraits composed from grids of abstract color units.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Thomas Close canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13469449 — 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: Charles Thomas Close Context triple: [Chuck Close, fullName, Charles Thomas Close]
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A.
John Polson
John Polson is an Australian actor and filmmaker best known internationally for directing thrillers such as "Swimfan" and "Hide and Seek."
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B.
Tom Brooke
Tom Brooke is a British character actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in projects like "Preacher," "Game of Thrones," and various acclaimed UK dramas.
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C.
Michael Young
Michael Young is a former Major League Baseball infielder best known for his long, productive career with the Texas Rangers, during which he became one of the franchise’s most consistent and versatile hitters.
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D.
Michael Young
Michael Young is a former American college basketball player best known for starring on Guy Lewis’s University of Houston “Phi Slama Jama” teams in the early 1980s.
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E.
Michael Young
Michael Young is the protagonist of Stephen Fry's comic science fiction novel "Making History," a history student who becomes entangled in a time-altering scheme to prevent Hitler's birth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Thomas Close Target entity description: Charles Thomas Close was an American painter and photographer renowned for his large-scale, photorealistic portraits composed from grids of abstract color units.
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A.
John Polson
John Polson is an Australian actor and filmmaker best known internationally for directing thrillers such as "Swimfan" and "Hide and Seek."
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B.
Tom Brooke
Tom Brooke is a British character actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in projects like "Preacher," "Game of Thrones," and various acclaimed UK dramas.
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C.
Michael Young
Michael Young is a former Major League Baseball infielder best known for his long, productive career with the Texas Rangers, during which he became one of the franchise’s most consistent and versatile hitters.
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D.
Michael Young
Michael Young is the protagonist of Stephen Fry's comic science fiction novel "Making History," a history student who becomes entangled in a time-altering scheme to prevent Hitler's birth.
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E.
Michael Young
Michael Young is a former American college basketball player best known for starring on Guy Lewis’s University of Houston “Phi Slama Jama” teams in the early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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painter ⓘ photographer ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Chuck Close NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
airbrush painting
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finger painting ⓘ portraits composed from abstract color units ⓘ pulp-paper works ⓘ use of grids ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
MacArthur Fellowship
NERFINISHED
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National Medal of Arts ⓘ Skowhegan Medal for Painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1940-07-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Monroe, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2021-08-19 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Oceanside, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Everett Community College
NERFINISHED
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University of Washington ⓘ Yale School of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | School of Visual Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Close NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
painting
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photography ⓘ printmaking ⓘ |
| genre | portrait ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasDisability | partial paralysis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
grid-based portraiture
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large-scale portraits ⓘ photorealistic portraits ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | spinal artery collapse ⓘ |
| movement |
Contemporary art
NERFINISHED
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Photorealism NERFINISHED ⓘ Postmodern art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Charles Thomas Close NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Self-Portrait
NERFINISHED
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Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil NERFINISHED ⓘ Self-Portrait (various series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style | photorealism based on photographs ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
acrylic paint
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oil paint ⓘ paper pulp ⓘ photographic prints ⓘ watercolor ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Thomas Close Description of subject: Charles Thomas Close was an American painter and photographer renowned for his large-scale, photorealistic portraits composed from grids of abstract color units.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.