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Byron Randall artwork and photographs, 1906-1990s
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Randall, Byron
- Title
- Byron Randall artwork and photographs
- Dates
- 1906-1990s (inclusive)19061999
1940s-1990s (bulk)19401999 - Quantity
- 16 boxes including photographs, prints, drawings, and textual materials
- Collection Number
- PH2016-016
- Summary
- Artwork and photographs relating to the career of Byron Randall
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Byron Randall was born in October 23, 1918 in Tacoma, Washington, and raised in Salem, Oregon. When he was 20 years old he had a solo show at the Whyte Gallery in Washington, D.C. which launched his art career. In 1942 he moved to San Francisco and became the first president of the Artists' Guild of San Francisco. He studied painting in Mexico for a while and rented a studio above the famous City Lights Bookstore. He eventually established a guest house/art gallery in Tomales, California. He was an expressionist who credited the look of his paintings to growing up in the Oregon environment. Much of his art is concerned with social justice themes. He died on August 11, 1999.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Artwork and photographs relating to the career of Byron Randall
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: PhotographsReturn to Top
44 photo albums, loose photographs, negatives and
slides
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1-2 | People and trips Color photo album
|
1990-1992 |
| 1/3-4 | Untitled album 1940s b&w prints, photos of paintings, etc.
|
circa 1940s |
| 1/5 | Photos from untitled
envelope Early b&w prints, misc. portraits.
|
undated |
| 1/6 | Tomales-history photos |
1906 |
| 1/7-8 | Prints, paintings, gallery
registry |
|
| 2/1 | Byron Randall-photos, family photos,
documents, clippings |
1946 |
| 2/2 | 1970-1981 at seminary
exhibit |
1970-1981 |
| 2/3 | Trip to Isla De Mujeres,
Mexico |
January 1990 |
| 2/4-6 | Daily mandatories - photos, hodge
podge, 1990-on Color photos, family albums.
|
1990s |
| 3/1-2 | Scotland photo studies Town scenery and rural landscape.
|
1990s |
| 3/3-5 | Byron Randall with Eve
Wieland Misc. color albums.
|
1990s |
| 4/1 | Misc. photos. Color, b&w, family and painting photos.
|
|
| 4/2 | Notes on Yugoslav artists & photos
of their work b&w prints
|
|
| 4/3 | Misc. loose photos. b&w family portraits
|
|
| 4/4 | "1952" b&w portrait
|
|
| 4/5 | Photo records - Eve’s castle at
Pottenbrunn Baby photo - Eve
|
|
| 4/6 | Vol. three - some works from the Cotati
show Photos of paintings and notes.
|
|
| 4/7 | Misc. Elkhorn photos Historical b&w family photos from paper mounted album
|
|
| 4/8 | Misc. photos, family albums
mounted on paper album, color
|
|
| 5/1 | Photos Old b&w portraits, newer color photos of paintings,
misc.
|
1988 |
| 5/2 | Mendocino Clippings, old family b&w photos, polaroids.
|
1964-1969 |
| 5/3-4 | Untitled album clippings, letters, paper album mounted b&w 1960s photos
|
1960s |
| 5/5-6 | Oils, watercolors, graphics clippings, letters, paper album mounted b&w 1960s photos
|
|
| 5/7 | Untitled album b&w paper mounted photos, color photos, 8½”x11” silver
gelatin prints
|
|
| 5/8 | Tomales guest house |
|
| 6/1-2 | Family photos: Inverness, Elkhorn,
Concord, Tomales, & so forth |
circa 1990 |
| 6/3-5 | Chicken Coop Studio, people, places,
things & so forth |
1988 |
| 6/3-5 | Chicken Coop Studio, people, places,
things & so forth |
1988 |
| Box | ||
| 7 | Photos, negatives, and slides
Includes b&w family portraits, loose photos, color photos of
paintings mounted on paper, negatives, and slides
|
1988 |
| 8 | Book #1, Gale’s Photos of paintings and notes for show curation
|
|
| 10 | Slides |
|
| 11 | Slides & negatives |
|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12 | Untitled albums color family/friends albums, painting photos.
|
|
| 12 | Mostly still life Painting photo album
|
August 1993 |
| 12 | Bri Tomales, Chicken Coop Studio
album |
|
| 12 | Photos for Byron and Pele |
|
| 12 | Studies for watercolor series on
Scotland |
|
| 12 | Misc. artworks album photo paintings
|
1997 |
| 12 | Tomales, 1997. Studio One Show
album |
1997 |
| 12 | San Francisco album Snapshots, oilpaintings
|
|
| 12 | Visit to artist Pablo O’Higgins at
home Mexico City?
|
|
| 12 | Rose Cottage show at the huevos
rancheros brunch meeting ‘99 |
May 1999 |
| 12 | Paintings |
|
| 15/1 | Photographs taken at
Tomales |
|
Portrait of Byron Randall by Robert
Pacheco |
1990 | |
Group photograph at Tomales Community Park by Art
Rogers |
1980 |
Series 2: PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/1 | “Very special material” Clippings, letters. |
|
| 9/2 | Letters ‘69, photos, etc. Honolulu |
circa 1969 |
| 9/3 | Personal papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbook
|
|
| 9/4 | Coastal Cook interview |
1989 |
| 9/5 | “Project - copies from letters” |
|
| 9/6 | Personal papers - letters for Judy at hospice
|
|
| 9/7 | Personal papers - Byron Randall news clippings,
letters. |
|
| 9/8 | Personal papers - untitled folders News clippings, notes, letters
|
|
| 9/9 | Personal papers - poetry, loose papers, etc.
|
|
| 9/10 | Display items - Tomales show |
2003 |
| 9/11 | 1970s: newspaper clippings re: sightseeing, info available under Freedom of Information Act
|
2003 |
| 9/12 | Biographical material, Tomales, etc. |
Series 3: Art workReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 13 | Misc. loose drawings, sketches, paintings |
|
| 14 | Misc. drawings |
|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15/2 | Watercolors Two still life and two landscapes
|
undated |
| 15/3 | Lino print:“Montreal Winter,” ed. unlimited |
1956 |
| 15/4 | Woodblock print: “Plowshare the Military” |
1976 |
| 15/4 | Wood drawing print: “Credo” |
undated |
| 15/5 | Woodblock print (black): “J.S. Bach” |
undated |
| 15/6 | Woodblock print (green): “J.S. Bach” |
undated |
| 15/7 | Woodblock print: “Peace/Hyacinth” |
undated |
| 15/8 | Woodblock print: “Fruit & Flowers” |
1964 |
| 15/9 | Lino print: “Hanging Clothes” |
1956 |
| Box | ||
| 16 | Miscellaneous artwork Contains watercolors found with block prints, drawings, a
collection of early drawings (1936), and a spiral notebook of drawings
(Punaluu, 1976)
|
1936-1976 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Artists and community--California
- Artists--California
- Drawing--California
- Expressionism (Art)
- Painting, American--Specimens
- Photographers--California
- Social justice in art
Personal Names
- Randall, Byron--Archives
- Randall, Byron--Family--Photographs
- Randall, Byron--Friends and associates--Photographs
- Randall, Byron--Photographs
