# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wendell-castle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:37:56.639Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wendell-castle"
name: "Wendell Castle"
slug: "wendell-castle"
description: "Wendell Castle was an American sculptor and furniture maker and an important figure in late 20th century American craft. He has been referred to as the \"father of the art furniture movement\" and included in the \"Big 4\" of modern woodworking with Wharton Esherick, George Nakashima, and Sam Maloof."
tagline: "American artist (1932–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wendell_Castle%2C_RIT_NandE_Vol16Num1_1984_Sep13_Complete.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1932-11-06"
deathDate: "2018-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.14
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.482866666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Castle"
    title: "Wendell Castle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "وينديل كاسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Castle"
    title: "Wendell Castle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Castle"
    title: "Wendell Castle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Castle"
    title: "Wendell Castle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Castle"
    title: "Wendell Castle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2559029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump