Born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1918, Byron Randall was raised in Salem, Oregon, where he worked as a waiter, harvest hand, boxer, and cook for the Marion County jail to finance his art career. When Randall was 21 years old, a solo show at the Whyte Gallery in Washington D.C. brought his work to national critical attention and launched his professional career. That show was followed by others, over the years, in Oregon, New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Toronto, Montreal, Edinburgh and Inverness, Scotland. Byron Randall had three wives. His first wife was Helen Nelson, a young left-wing Canadian sculptor, whom he met at the Salem Art Center, while attending her classes in sculpture. Her impact on his life was profound: she was responsible for sharpening his commitment to social and trade union activism, and her belief in his talent provided vital support for the fledgling artist. In 1940 they married and moved to Mexico for six months, where they had a child, Gale, and where Randall continued to develop as a painter, inspired by the vibrant landscape and people, and by the work of the Mexican muralists. During the Second World War years, while Randall served in the Merchant Marines, he continued to paint whenever possible. His experiences in the South Pacific influenced his preference for natural forms and bright colours. After the War, Byron and Helen settled in the North Beach area of San Francisco where they had a second child, Jonathan, in 1948. Five years later they left the United States for Canada, driven by the need to escape from the rampant anti-Communism of the time. In 1956 Helen was killed by a car while crossing the road with her young son. Randall and his children returned to San Francisco where he met and married the print-maker and muralist Emmy Lou Packard. Between 1959 and 1968 Randall and Packard ran a Guest House and Art Gallery in Mendocino, California, a small former logging town located on the coast 140 miles north of San Francisco. Randall and Packard were political and environmental activists as well as artists during the 1960s, active in the campaign to protect the area from commercial exploitation and despoliation and in the creation of the Peace and Freedom Party. After the end of their marriage in 1970 Randall established a guesthouse, studio and gallery space in Tomales, California. In 1982 he married Eve Wieland, an Austrian wartime emigre. She was his wife until her death from cancer four years later. For the last nine years of his life Randall's partner was Pele de Lappe, a graphic artist and friend of some 50 years standing. Byron Randall died in August 1999 at the age of 80.
Expressionist painting by California artist Byron Randall
By Byron Randall
Located in Colfax, CA
Expressionist painting on paper by California artist Byron Randall. Byron Randall, (1918-1999), was raised in Salem, Oregon, where he worked as a waiter, a harvest hand, a boxer, and...
Paper, Mixed Media
$1,750
'Fremantle Harbor, Perth', Western Australia, Post Impressionist, SFAA, MoMA
By Byron Randall
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Byron' for Byron Randall (American, 1918-1999), dated 1947 and titled, 'Aus'. A dramatic, Post-Impressionist view of the Western Australian port of Fremantle wit...
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache
"Old Cronies" Original Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Watercolor
By Byron Randall
Located in Soquel, CA
"Old Cronies" Original Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Bold portrait piece by Byron Randall (American, 1918-1999). The composition focuses on a man and woman standing clo...
Paper, Watercolor
$920Sale Price|20% Off
"Schooner + Doryman" First Edition Hand-Colored Woodblock Print
By Byron Randall
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold woodblock print by Byron Randall (American, 1918-1999). Titled "Schooner + Doryman", numbered "1st ed.", and signed and dated "Byron Randall '62" along the bottom edge. Small am...
Gold Leaf
Price Upon Request
The Accordionist
By Byron Randall
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exceptional original watercolor by American artist Byron Randall. "The Accordionist", is an original watercolor on heavy paper, signed, c.1945, ...
Watercolor
Untitled (Rabbi Scholar)
By Seymour Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Rosenthal (American 1921-2007) "Untitled: Rabbi Scholar", Figurative Pen/Watercolor on Paper signed in bottom right hand corner, 10.50 x 8 (24 x 20.50 In Frame), Late 20th Ce...
Watercolor, Pen
$18,000
H 24 in W 18 in
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) The Wedding Colliers published, June 17, 1933 17 1/4 X 11 1/2 inches (sight) Framed 23 1/4 X 17 1/2 inches Gouache on board Signed lower right BIOGRAPHY: Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests. In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s. ‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune. Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...
Gouache, Board
Coenties Slip
By Charles Frederick William Mielatz
Located in Middletown, NY
Lower Manhattan and the Seaport as the artist imagined it would have appeared before 1835. New York: 1907. Etching with drypoint on Japon paper, 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (353 x 248 mm...
Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching
$933
H 19.75 in W 25.75 in
Menton French Riviera Rooftops Seascape Pastel Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Menton French Riviera Rooftops Seascape Pastel Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on thick paper, unframed Size (H...
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Pastel
$946
H 19.75 in W 25.75 in
Provence Countryside Olive Trees Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Countryside Olive Trees Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on thick paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches ...
Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
$1,600
H 24 in W 29 in D 0.13 in
A Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Manhattan Scene, New York City by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Dynamic 1950s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of Lower Manhattan, New York City by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). The image is watercolor, pastel and c...
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
$1,644Sale Price|30% Off
H 14.02 in W 17.33 in
Emile's Tavern Gouache on Paper, Expressionist, Circa 1930s, Framed
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'Emile's Tavern', gouache on paper (circa 1930s), by Lucien Génin. A tavern in French is called a 'guinguette'. With the rise in living standards from the 1860s along with the develo...
Paper, Gouache
$5,789
H 11.82 in W 8.47 in
Hompage Magritte, Called Woman Seen From Behind, Original Gouache
Located in Stockholm, SE
This gouache painting by Ulf Linde, a multifaceted Swedish figure, presents a unique portrayal of a woman seen from behind, set against a blue and white...
Gouache, Board
$684
H 21.66 in W 25.6 in D 1.58 in
Somerset Lake by Joanna Commings, Original art, landscape art, Impasto art
By Joanna Commings
Located in Deddington, GB
Somerset Lake by Joanna Commings [2021] original and hang signed by the artist Acrylics on canvas Image size: H:50 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:60 cm ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,925
H 20 in W 24 in D 2 in
Abstract Landscape Painting entitled Broken Ground by Fauvist British Artist
By Steve Capper
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Landscape Painting entitled Broken Ground by Fauvist British Artist, Steve Capper Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 24 x 20 inches (approx.) Presented in a whit...
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
$7,250
H 20.25 in W 20.25 in
Houses in Zoar, Ohio Landscape, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By August F. Biehle
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Houses in Zoar, c. 1921 Gouache, litho crayon, colored pencil and graphite on paper Signed lower right 14 x 19 inches 20.25 x 25.25 inches, framed...
Crayon, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite
$1,327Sale Price|40% Off
H 17.6 in W 14.06 in
Church of Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Gouache on Paper, 1930s, Framed
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'The Church of Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris', gouache on art paper by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). In Paris' 5th Arrondissement the site in which Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet is ...
Paper, Gouache
Sold
H 21.5 in W 17 in D 1 in
Byron Randall Original Linocut, 1947, “Diabolical Machine”
By Byron Randall
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original Linocut by San Francisco artist Byron Randall (1918-1999) titled "Diabolical Machine." Image measures: 12 1/2"H x 8 1/4"W. Frame measures: 21 1/2"H x 17"W. This print was c...
Paper
Siela on tuesday
By Byron Randall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil, Panel
In the Studio
By Byron Randall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil, Panel