James Castle: Show and Store
2011Cooke, Lynne, Briony Fer, Zoe Leonard and James Castle
224 pages (color)
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1899 Garden Valley, Idaho - 1977 Boise, Idaho. Known for: Found object collage, outsider art.
James Castle was born September 25, 1899, in the small mountain town of Garden Valley, Idaho to Frances J. Castle and Mary Nora Scanlon. The fifth of seven children, Castle was born two months... Read full biography
James Castle was born September 25, 1899, in the small mountain town of Garden Valley, Idaho to Frances J. Castle and Mary Nora Scanlon. The fifth of seven children, Castle was born two months premature. His mother was the local midwife and his father was the postmaster and ran the community post... Read full biography
James Castle was born September 25, 1899, in the small mountain town of Garden Valley, Idaho to Frances J. Castle and Mary Nora Scanlon. The fifth of seven children, Castle was born two months premature. His mother was the local midwife and his father was the postmaster and ran the community post office and general store from the living room of the family home. Castle was profoundly deaf from birth and did not attend school until he was ten years old, when he was enrolled at the Gooding School... Read full biography
James Castle was born September 25, 1899, in the small mountain town of Garden Valley, Idaho to Frances J. Castle and Mary Nora Scanlon. The fifth of seven children, Castle was born two months premature. His mother was the local midwife and his father was the postmaster and ran the community post office and general store from the living room of the family home. Castle was profoundly deaf from birth and did not attend school until he was ten years old, when he was enrolled at the Gooding School for the Deaf and Blind in southeastern Idaho. Castle attended and lived at the school for five years, from 1910-1915. While at the school, Castle was taught the oral method of communication—sign language was not taught in the public schools at the... Read full biography
James Castle was born September 25, 1899, in the small mountain town of Garden Valley, Idaho to Frances J. Castle and Mary Nora Scanlon. The fifth of seven children, Castle was born two months premature. His mother was the local midwife and his father was the postmaster and ran the community post office and general store from the living room of the family home. Castle was profoundly deaf from birth and did not attend school until he was ten years old, when he was enrolled at the Gooding School for the Deaf and Blind in southeastern Idaho. Castle attended and lived at the school for five years, from 1910-1915. While at the school, Castle was taught the oral method of communication—sign language was not taught in the public schools at the time—but it is likely he learned sign from the other students who secretly taught each other. Evident in his artwork are vario... Read full biography
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James Castle: His Life and Art
2008Trusky, Tom234 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pages