Landscape and portrait painter, etcher.  Born in Ravenna, OH on June 3, 1880.  Randolph studied at the Steverson Art School in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati Art Academy under Duveneck and Noble and the Art Student League in New York City under Cox and Bridgman.  He spent four years studying in Rome and six years in Paris at Academie Julian under Laurens and Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Bonnat and Merson.  His first visit to California was in 1909, but it was in 1913 that he settled permanently living for a while on the Monterey Peninsula and then in San Francisco.  He taught at UC Berkeley in 1915-16 and in 1917 began a 25 year tenure as director of the California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco.  Upon retirement, Randolph again lived in Carmel where he was active with the local art association.

Member:  Chicago Society of Etchers;  California Society of Etchers;  Bohemian Club;  San Francisco Art Association.

Exhibited:  San Francisco Art Association annuals from 1916;  Del Monte Art Gallery;  Oakland Museum;  Paris Museum of Modern Art;  Utah State University;  Luxembourg Museum.