- Joseph Raphael
=Joseph Raphael: Impressionist 1869-1950=
Joseph Morris Raphael holds a high place in the
California , American and French Schools ofImpressionism . Born in the town of Jackson, California on June 2, 1869, Raphael became one of the most famous students of his esteemed teacher Arthur F. Mathews at the California School of Design. Later Raphael would continue his art studies inParis at theEcole des Beaux-Arts , and at theAcademie Julian underJean-Paul Laurens . Early in his career he made the decision to settle in Europe inUccle , Belgium where he and his wife established a home and raised their family.For most of his career he remained a devoted follower of pure French Impressionism. He painted the countryside near his home in Uccle,
Belgium and also ventured toHolland andFrance to paint. Just as Raphael's international reputation grew, his family grew as well to include four daughters and one son. His family frequently appeared in his figurative works, he created wonderful closeup studies of his children and frequently captured them in leisurely picnic settings. Other paintings featured local landscapes, and sometimes his charming cottage home with its vegetable and flower gardens which were perhaps a source for hisstill lifes of fruits, vegetables and flowers. He lived and worked inEurope for thirty-seven years always maintaining close ties with theSan Francisco art community and his loyal art dealer and collector Albert M. Bender. In 1939 with the ominous clouds of World War Two approaching, he wisely chose to return to San Francisco where he lived and maintained a studio on Sutter Street until his death on December 11th, 1950.Galleries and Museums:
Galleries and Museums:
* [http://www.kam.uiuc.edu/ Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois]
*Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona
* [http://www.sfmoma.org/ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California]Awards:
Awards:
*Honorable Mention, Paris Solon, 1906;
*Silver Medal, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco 1915;
*Gold Medal, Panama-California Exposition, San Diego 1915;Sources:
Sources:
*Literature: "Plein Air Painters of the North", by Ruth Lily Westphal, 1996;
*Literature: "Artists in California, 1786-1940", by Edan Milton Hughes, 1989
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