James Charles Castle
James Charles Castle (born September 25, 1899 in Garden Valley , Idaho , † October 26, 1977 ) was an American artist . Although Castle knew nothing about the art world outside of this small community, his work ran parallel to the development of 20th century art history. His work has been collected by major institutions. The Philadelphia Museum of Art organized a retrospective of his work, which was shown as a traveling exhibition in the United States in 2008 and 2009. Castle's work entered the international arena with a major exhibition in Madrid, Spain at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 2011.
biography
Castle was a self-taught who created drawings, assemblages and books all his life. Castle was born completely deaf and his ability to read, write, or sign language is unknown. Castle's artistic works were created almost exclusively with found materials, for example discarded wrapping paper and mail as well as food packages of all kinds. Castle mixed ink from soot from the wood stove and spit and applied this with self-made tools (including sharpened sticks and other picked up objects). His drawings vividly depict interiors, buildings, animals, landscapes, and people based on his family's rural farm in Garden Valley, as well as the architecture and landscapes of the places where he lived and visited.
Books and articles
- James Castle , Galerie Karsten Greve , Cologne, Germany (2011)
- James Castle: Show and Store , Edited by Lynne Cooke, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (2011)
- James Castle , The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (2010)
- James Castle: A Retrospective , Edited by Ann Percy, Yale University Press (2009)
- James Castle: A Retrospective , by Lynne Cooke, Artforum (December 2009) 168–171.
- Touched into Being by Stephen Westfall, Art in America , New York, (June 2001) 5-16.
- American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum , by Stacy C. Hollander and Brooke Davis Anderson, American Folk Art Museum in association with Henry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (2001)
- Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists , by Herbert W. Hemphill, Jr. and Julia Weissman, EP Dutton & Co., Inc., New York (1974) 170.
Web links
- [1] Philadelphia Museum of Art
- gallery and trailer for James Castle: Portrait of an Artist by Foundation for Self-Taught American Artists [2]
- Art Institute of Chicago , IL
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive , CA
- Boise Art Museum, ID
- Columbus Museum of Art , OH
- Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem OR
- Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
- High Museum of Art , Atlanta, GA
- Mennello Museum of American Art , Orlando, FL
- Milwaukee Art Museum , WI
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía , Madrid, Spain
- Museum of American Folk Art , New York, NY
- Museum of Modern Art , New York, NY
- National Gallery of Art , Washington DC
- Philadelphia Museum of Art , PA
- Portland Art Museum / The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, OR
- Tacoma Art Museum, WA
- The New York Public Library, NY
- Whitney Museum of American Art , NY
swell
- James Castle Collection and Archive [3]
- James Castle: A Retrospective , Edited by Ann Percy, Yale University Press (2009)
- James Castle: Show and Store , Edited by Lynne Cook, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (2011)
- Robert Storr
- Lynne Cooke
- Stephen Westfall
- Terry Winters
- Zoe Leonard
Remarks
- ↑ See Grab-Finder website
- ↑ Percy, Ann. "James Castle: A Retrospective." Yale University Press, 2008, p. 70.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castle, James Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Garden Valley , Idaho |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1977 |