Byron Gallery

Byron Gallery
Location	Manhattan, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°46′45.06″N 73°57′38.14″W / 40.7791833°N 73.9605944°W
Owner	Charles Byron
Type	Art gallery
Genre(s)	Surrealist art; Contemporary art
Opened	1961
Closed	1971

The Byron Gallery was an

New York, New York in the United States. Byron Gallery exhibited primarily Surrealist masters, emerging contemporary painters and sculptors, and the occasional Old Masters and ancient art exhibit.^[1] The gallery closed in 1971.^[2]

The gallery represented selected artists and also sold work by other artists represented by other galleries or from the secondary market. Artists represented by Byron Gallery included: Herbert Bayer, Albert Kotin, Clement Meadmore, Richard Merkin, Brian O'Doherty, Hans Richter and John Vickery.^[1]

Byron Gallery also held group and solo shows featuring artists they represented and outsiders. American Landscapes showcased over 40

Italian Art: Florentine Relief Fund Art Show and Greek Gold Exhibition from 1967–1968.^[1] The gallery closed in 1971^[2] and Charles Byron became a private dealer.^[3] In 1970 the gallery exhibited over 60 works by Max Ernst, featuring drawings, collages and sculptures from 1917 to 1967.^[4]

Notable exhibitions

400 years of Italian Art was a benefit for the people and areas of

jewelry, drawings and sculptures loaned by galleries and collectors from New York including Benjamin Sonnenberg, Russell Lynes, the wife of James Rorimer, Richard Sisson and others.^[5]

Byron Gallery records

In 1998 owner Charles Byron moved out of his home and donated his papers pertaining to the Byron Gallery to the Archives of American Art. Byron's papers were meticulously kept starting in 1962. He documented every exhibition with photographs of objects and the installations. These photographic documentations were then placed in albums along with details including catalogues, gallery announcements, attendee lists, checklists, advertisements and reviews, creating what the Archives describes as a mini-history for each exhibition. More than 40 albums make up the collection.^[3]