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Federico Castellón (1914-1971) was a painter, sculptor, and graphic artist from Almeria, Spain who worked in Brooklyn, New York.
Castellón immigrated to Brooklyn, New York as a child. In 1934, with the help of Diego Rivera, Castellón secured a four-year fellowship from the Spanish government to travel through Europe to study painting. In 1940 he received a Guggenheim fellowship and exhibited at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Castellón taught at Teachers College, Columbia University, Pratt Institute, and Queens College. He was elected to membership in the National Academy of Design in New York and to the Society of American Graphic Artists.
Castellón died in 1971.
