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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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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Deaf Artist
- •Outsider Art
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Outsider Art Fair, New York City