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Castellon, Federico - Original lithograph hand signed and numbered

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Castellon, Federico - Original lithograph hand signed and numbered
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ARTIST: Federico Castellon
TITLE: Unknown
MEDIUM: Original lithograph on archival paper
SIZE: 25 ¾ x 19 ¾ inches (sheet)
EDITION: from the edition of 200
CONDITION: EXCELLENT
RETAIL/GALLERY PRICE: $900

Spanish (1914 – 1971)

With their haunted quietude and mysterious, static figures, the prints and paintings of Federico Castellon exemplify the mid-twentieth-century artistic movement known as surrealism. Born Federico Cristencia de Castellon y Martinez, in Almeria, Spain, Castellon moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, at the age of seven. Fascinated by art as a child, he was encouraged by his public school teachers and befriended by Mexican mural painter Diego Rivera (1886–1957), who believed he would gain little from attending formal art school. He helped Castellon get his first solo exhibition, when he was nineteen years old, at New York’s Weyhe Gallery, and helped him secure funds from the Spanish government for a three-year stay in Europe. While there, Castellon exhibited his work in Madrid and Paris and narrowly avoided being pressed into military service during Spain’s Civil War.

On his return to New York in 1936, Castellon began exhibiting widely and made his first lithograph; he took up etching in 1941. He won a number of prestigious awards, including Guggenheim fellowships in 1940 and 1949. His career was interrupted by three years’ service in the U.S. Army, when he was posted at home and in China and India. Following his discharge, in 1946, Castellon began a long career teaching at such institutions as Columbia University, Pratt Institute, the New School for Social Research, the National Academy of Design, and Queens College. In the 1950s, he created illustrations for Life and MD magazines and numerous books. In 1954 he traveled widely in South America, accompanying an exhibition of his work. At the end of the decade, he worked in sculpture.

In 1961, Castellon moved with his family to Europe, traveling in France, Spain, and Italy. In 1963, he was elected to the National Academy and returned to New York, but in 1965 he made another visit to Paris, where he preferred to print his etchings and lithographs. In his last years, Castellon received further honors, including election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1968, three years before his death at the age of fifty-six.
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