James Charles Castle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Charles Castle

American artist

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1899

Place of Birth: Idaho, United States

Date of Death: 26-Oct-1977

Profession: artist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

James Charles 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.
His works have been collected by major institutions.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art organized a retrospective of Castle's work which toured nationally 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 Sofía in 2011 and was included in the 2013 Venice Biennale exhibition The Encyclopedic Palace.
In 2014 The Smithsonian American Art Museum featured their recent acquisition in the exhibition Untitled: The Art of James Castle and the Whitney Museum of American Art included their acquired collection of Castle's work in the 2017 exhibition Where We Are.