James Castle "Art of the Book" Exhibits

On James Castle

Born September 24, 1899 in the isolated Idaho community of Garden Valley, Castle was presumed to be deaf throughout his life. Many also believed the artist mute, mentally challenged and/or illiterate. Close analysis of his work suggests that, far from being retarded, Castle was highly intelligent, and that the artist was not illiterate, but was autistic and had limited reading and writing abilities.

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