{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Chuck Close, artist of monumental grid portraits, dies at 81","publication_date":"August 19, 2021","summary":"Chuck Close, a painter, photographer and printmaker best known for his monumental grid portraits and photo-based paintings of family and famous friends, has died at age 81.","author_name":"By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2021\/08\/bec79d8673a216ffd475e7a347e3446f-RTX1RPOU-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}