LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on linen

Size Notes:

overall: 64 x 65.67 in

Markings:

signed 'JOE RAPHAEL' (lower left)

Exhibited:

In 1910, Raphael stayed for eight months in San Francisco, where he his predominantly figural Dutch series at the Art Association. Following his return to Laren, Holland in 1912, he married Johanna Jongkindt and moved to a small cottage in Uccle, a suburb of Brussels. It is in Uccle where Raphael seems to have settled into his 'signature' style, that of broad brushstrokes loaded with thick paint and bright colors. The bold impasto in his compositions is as thick as one finds within Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters. The artist's children, vegetable garden and home were popular scenes for Raphael

Provenance:

Albert M. Bender, San Francisco, California, prior to 1926.,Gift from the above to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California