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Federico Castellon

Federico Castellon

Spanish-American, 1914
WA-00026539
PrintmakingExpressionismSurrealismFiguration
Representation
None documented
8
Institutional Exhibitions
20
Works in Collection
39
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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American Prints: 1913�1963
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974–1975
No image
American Prints of the 20th Century
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954
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Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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Master Prints from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
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Portraits in Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948
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Twentieth Century Portraits
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942–1943
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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936–1937

Field Verification (3 fields)

3 cross-verified · 0 single-source
  • BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
  • Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
  • NationalityMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (2)

About

Why this artist matters now

Federico Castellon was an American painter and printmaker whose work emerged from Surrealist and magical realist traditions in the postwar period. Working primarily in oil and etching, he created dreamlike compositions populated by elongated figures and architectural forms rendered with meticulous precision. His imagery combined European modernist influences with a distinctly American sensibility, favoring jewel-toned palettes and narrative ambiguity. Castellon remained committed to figuration and detailed draftsmanship throughout his career, resisting the dominance of abstraction that defined his contemporaries.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Expressionism
Medium
Printmaking
Related Artists
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Institutional

Museum Collections

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Artworks (20)

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Artwork sources (3)

20 published of 36 catalogued · 11 with image
  • MoMA
    16 publishedof 32 catalogued10 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    3 published
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources
  • The Gordian Knot
    1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • The New Robe
    1958 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Judgment of Paris
    1935 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

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Rendevous in a Landscape (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Rendevous in a Landscape (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6
Movements3
ExpressionismSurrealismFiguration
Collections3
Cleveland Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtArt Institute of Chicago
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionAmerican Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
New York · 1985
Group ExhibitionAmerican Prints: 1913�1963
New York · 1974
Group ExhibitionAmerican Prints of the 20th Century
New York · 1954
Group ExhibitionSummer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
New York · 1953
Group ExhibitionMaster Prints from the Museum Collection
New York · 1949
Group ExhibitionPortraits in Prints
New York · 1948