Randi Bull

Obituary of Randi Bull

Randi Kjekstad Bull, 100, of New Canaan, CT passed away on May 3, 2015 at Waveny Care Center with her loving family by her side. Randi was born on January 10, 1915 in Røyken, Norway to the late Johannes and Alice Norman Kjekstad. Randi moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1935 where she met John Storm Bull and they got married in New York on September 11, 1937. She was an artist by trade and specialized in making woodcuts. She studied painting and graphics at Brooklyn Museum Art School, Art Students League, Pratt Graphics Center and the National Academy. She had numerous solo shows and exhibitions both in the US and in Europe. Her artwork is also shown in permanent collections of American printmakers in the United States Embassies in London, Bogota, Rio de Janeiro, Addis Ababa, San Salvador and Honduras. Four of her color woodcuts where purchased by the U.S. State Department as official gifts to Lyndon B. Johnson on his goodwill trip to Scandinavia in 1963 as Vice president. Randi was an avid golfer and when not working on her art you would find her playing golf almost every day. Randi is survived by her nephews Trond Kjekstad, John B. Kjekstad and her nice Nina Kjekstad Bugge. The family plans on a memorial Service in Norway in July and contributions in Randi’s memory can be made to Norwalk Contemporary Printmaking. For online condolences, please visit www.hoytfuneralhome.com
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