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Federico Castellon (1914 — 1971)
Life Dates
Born 1914, Almería, Spain
Died 1971, New York, NY
Selected Museum Collections
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Museum of American Art, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Reina de Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
The Slater Memorial Museum and Converse Art Gallery, Norwich, CT
Syracuse University Art Collection, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
World Heritage Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Solo Exhibitions
| 1934 | Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1936 | Raymond and Raymond Gallery, New York, NY Prado De Almeria, Almeria, Spain Casa Velasquez, Madrid, Spain |
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| 1935 | College D'Espagne, Paris, France | |
| 1938 | American Federation of the Arts, New York, NY; traveled to Chattanooga, TN, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB, Seattle Art Museum, WA, San Francisco Museum, CA, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Mills College, Oakland, CA | |
| 1941 | Raymond and Raymond Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1941 | Raymond and Raymond Gallery, New York, NY Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA |
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| 1946 | Princeton Print Club, Princeton, NJ | |
| 1950 | Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY; The American Embassies in Bombay, India and Paris, France | |
| 1952 | Mercerberg Art Gallery, PA | |
| 1953 | University of Maine, Orono, ME | |
| 1954 | State Department, Specialists Division of I.E.S,American Embassies in Argentina, Buenos Aires, Bolivia, Las Paz, Chile, Santiago, Colombia, Bogota, Paraguay, Asuncion, Uruguay, Montivedeo, Venezuela, Caracas | |
| 1958 | Society of Illustrators, New York, NY | |
| 1961 | Gallery 10, New Hope, PA | |
| 1964 | Philadelphia Print Club, Philadelphia, PA Dintenfass Gallery, New York, NY Great Neck Library, Great Neck, NY |
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| 1965 | Hudson Guild Gallery, Great Neck, NY Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 1966 | University of Maine, Orono, ME Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 1968 | Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT |
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| 1971 | Lunn Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| 1972 | American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY | |
| 1976 | Graphics Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1988 | Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Queens College, NY Martin Sumers Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 1990 | Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| 1992 | Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1996 | Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY |
Group Exhibitions
| 1933 | Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1934 | Uptown Gallery, New York, NY Raymond and Raymond Gallery, New York, NY Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 1936 | Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 1937 | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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| 1938 | The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Riksforbundet For Bilande Kunst Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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| 1939 | Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 1940 | Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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| 1941 | Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1942 | Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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| 1943 | Alexandria Library, Alexandria, VA Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| 1944 | National Academy of Design, New York, NY | |
| 1945 | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY National Academy of Design, New York, NY |
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| 1946 | Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1947 | The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| 1948 | J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY | |
| 1949 | The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1951 | Cheltenham Township Art Center, Cheltenham, PA | |
| 1952 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Mercerburg Art Gallery, PA Galerie Jungst Der Gegenwart, Salzburg, Austria Succession Gallery, Vienna, Austria Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 1953 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY | |
| 1954 | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1956 | New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ | |
| 1957 | University of Illinois, Chicago, IL | |
| 1961 | Gallery 10, New Hope, PA | |
| 1964 | Princeton Print Club, Princeton, NJ Dintenfass Gallery, New York, NY Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York, NY Gallery Ten, Woodstock, NY Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY World's Fair, New York |
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| 1965 | Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY Galerie Des Peintres Graveurs, Paris, France Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 1966 | Madison Art Center, Madison, WI Depauw University Art Center, Chicago, IL |
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| 1968 | New York Public Library, New York, NY Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY Rijksakademie Van Beelende Kunsen, Amsterdam, Holland |
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| 1969 | Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT |
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| 1970 | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY | |
| 1971 | Lunn Gallery, Washington, DC Biennale International De L'Estampe Epinal, Paris, France |
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| 1972 | Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN | |
| 1973 | Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1974 | National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 1994 | Counterpoints: American Art 1930-1945, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1995 | Collage: Made in America, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY El Surrealismo En Espana, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; traveled to Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany; Kunthalle Vienna, Austria; Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy; Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela |
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| 1996 | Exploring the Unknown: Surrealism in American Art, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1997 | Surrealism and American Art 1932-1949, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL | |
| 1998 | The Surrealist Vision: Europe and The Americas, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, FL Twentieth Century American Drawings, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK; Sunrise Museums, Charleston, WV; Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID |
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| 1999 | Drawn Across the Century: Highlights from the Dillard Collection of Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC | |
| 2000 | Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Collector’s Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR |
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| 2002 | Transitions at Mid-Century, Works on Paper 1945-1950, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY | |
| 2005 | Surrealism USA, National Academy , New York, NY; Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ | |
| 2006 | Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawings, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA; The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR | |
| 2007 | Body Beware: 18 American Artists, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY Surrealism: Dreams on Canvas, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY |
Awards
| 1934-1938 | Traveling Fellowship from Spanish Government | |
| 1940 | Guggenheim Fellowship | |
| 1949 | Member, National Academy of Design Guggenheim Fellowship |
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| 1968 | Member, National Institute of Arts and Letters |
Body Beware: 18 American Artists
Collage: Made in America
Counterpoints: American Art, 1930-1945
Exploring the Unknown: Surrealism in American Art
Eye Contact: Painting and Drawing in American Art
Facets of the Figure: A Spectrum of 20th Century American Art
Federico Castellon: Surrealist Drawings of the 1930s
Federico Castellon: Surrealist Paintings Rediscovered, 1933-1934
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade
On Paper: The Figure in Twentieth Century American Art
Surrealism and Magic Realism in American Art
Surrealism Embodied: The Figure in American Art, 1933-1953
