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Byron Randall
'Fremantle Harbor, Perth, Western Australia', Post Impressionist, SFAA, MoMA

1947

About the Item

Signed lower left, 'Byron' for Byron Randall (American, 1918-1999) and dated 1947. Born in Tacoma, WA on Oct. 23, 1918. Randall was in Salem, OR during the 1930s. He created artworks while working as cook, waiter, boxer, harvest hand, and other odd jobs. In 1942 he moved to San Francisco and, while shipping out with the Merchant Marine, continued to paint. From 1955-57 he was in Montreal while he painted a mural in the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Ass'n. In 1959 he opened an art gallery in Mendocino, CA with his wife, Emmy Lou Packard, and in 1970 continued the operation in Tomales Bay, CA. He died in San Francisco, CA on Aug. 11, 1999. Exh: Oregon State Fair, 1930 (1st prize); MOMA, 1939; Salem Federal Art Center, 1939 (solo); Seattle Museum, 1940 (solo); Reed College, 1941 (solo); Raymond & Raymond (SF), 1943 (solo); American Contemporary Gallery (LA), 1946; San Francisco Art Association, 1946-51; Chabot Gallery (LA), 1952 (solo). In: Montreal Museum. Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" Interview with the artist or his/her family; Who's Who in American Art 1940-62; SF Chronicle, 8-19-1999 (obituary).
  • Creator:
    Byron Randall (1918-1999, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1947
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.75 in (37.47 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    craquelure, losses, original pin holes; unframed.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU3444560081
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