Long Island is known for windmills, not castles, so of course a building as unique as The Castle on Montauk Highway in Westhampton has become well known on the East End. Although The Castle is... Read full biography
Long Island is known for windmills, not castles, so of course a building as unique as The Castle on Montauk Highway in Westhampton has become well known on the East End. Although The Castle is famous, and the associated restaurant Casa Basso quite popular, even locally, the castle’s designer and... Read full biography
Long Island is known for windmills, not castles, so of course a building as unique as The Castle on Montauk Highway in Westhampton has become well known on the East End. Although The Castle is famous, and the associated restaurant Casa Basso quite popular, even locally, the castle’s designer and original owner is not so well known. The Quo Vadis? inspired statue shown above, created by the castle’s original owner is even less known. Keep reading for more details…. The castle was built by a very... Read full biography
Long Island is known for windmills, not castles, so of course a building as unique as The Castle on Montauk Highway in Westhampton has become well known on the East End. Although The Castle is famous, and the associated restaurant Casa Basso quite popular, even locally, the castle’s designer and original owner is not so well known. The Quo Vadis? inspired statue shown above, created by the castle’s original owner is even less known. Keep reading for more details…. The castle was built by a very talented man by the name of Theophilus Brouwer (1864-1932). Brouwer was a noted sculptor, woodcarver, architect, oil painter and potter. Many people today don’t realize that the castle was once the site of Brouwer’s pottery studio. Brouwer created a... Read full biography
Long Island is known for windmills, not castles, so of course a building as unique as The Castle on Montauk Highway in Westhampton has become well known on the East End. Although The Castle is famous, and the associated restaurant Casa Basso quite popular, even locally, the castle’s designer and original owner is not so well known. The Quo Vadis? inspired statue shown above, created by the castle’s original owner is even less known. Keep reading for more details…. The castle was built by a very talented man by the name of Theophilus Brouwer (1864-1932). Brouwer was a noted sculptor, woodcarver, architect, oil painter and potter. Many people today don’t realize that the castle was once the site of Brouwer’s pottery studio. Brouwer created a unique way of firing his pots to achieve quite beautiful pottery. His exact methods are still... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (4)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Carr, Carolyn K
408 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947