Wendell Castle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wendell Castle

American artist

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1932

Place of Birth: Emporia, Kansas, United States

Date of Death: 20-Jan-2018

Profession: painter, sculptor, wood carver

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Wendell Castle (November 6, 1932 – January 20, 2018) was an American furniture artist and a leading figure in American craft.
He is often credited with being the father of the art furniture movement. Castle was born in Emporia, Kansas.
He grew up and graduated from Holton High School in Holton, Kansas Class of 1951.
In 1958, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in industrial design, and in 1961, he received a Master of Fine Arts, both from the University of Kansas.
From 1962-1969, he taught at Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, in Rochester, NY, and was an Artist in Residence.
In 1980, he opened the Wendell Castle School in Scottsville, NY. He has garnered a number of awards, including a 1994 'Visionaries of the American Craft Movement' award sponsored by the American Craft Museum, a 1997 Gold Medal from the American Craft Council and a 1998 Artist of the Year Award from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester.
He has also received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
In 2001 he received the Award of Distinction from The Furniture Society.