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James Castle (1899-1977) was an American artist who found inspiration in the detritus of everyday life, primarily in the materials he collected from his family’s home, such as envelopes, packaging, advertisements, and matchbooks.
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James Castle Biography | Outsider Artist from Boise Idaho....
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James Castle was an artist like none other. He was able to...
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James Castle: Thresholds. Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT April...
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1 / 16. James Castle, Untitled, n.d., found paper, soot. Smithsonian American Art Museum. The world as seen through the eye of the self-taught artist James Castle, one that is drawn in...
Untitled: The Art of James Castle celebrates one of the most enigmatic American artists of the twentieth century. For nearly seven decades, Castle gathered materials around his rural Idaho home, such as packaging, advertisements, string, and soot, and created an elaborate and umistakable representation of his world.
James Castle (September 25, 1899 – October 26, 1977) [1] was an American artist born in Garden Valley, Idaho. Although Castle did not know about the art world outside of his small community, his work ran parallel to the development of 20th-century art history. [2]
American, 1900–1977. James Castle (September 25, 1899 – October 26, 1977) was an American artist born in Garden Valley, Idaho. Although Castle did not know about the art world outside of his small community, his work ran parallel to the development of 20th-century art history.
James Castle is one of the most unlikely and enigmatic American artists of the twentieth century. He was born on a farm in Garden Valley, 50 miles northwest of this site, and lived there and in Star, Idaho during his youth, before moving to this house with his family in 1931.
