Canadian Fine Art Auction

November 24, 2014

LOT 16

Lot 16

WILLIAM RAPHAEL, R.C.A.

WILLIAM RAPHAEL, R.C.A.
Lot 16 Details
WILLIAM RAPHAEL, R.C.A.

HABITANT, HORSE AND SLEIGH

oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed, framed as an oval
18.25 ins x 30.25 ins; 46.4 cms x 76.8 cms

Estimate $25,000-$30,000

Realised: $44,250
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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WILLIAM RAPHAEL, R.C.A.
  • WILLIAM RAPHAEL, R.C.A.
Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto

Literature:

J. Russell Harper, Early Painters & Engravers in Canada, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1970, page 259.

J. Russell Harper, Painting in Canada: A History, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1977 pages 145-146.

Dennis Reid, A Concise History of Canadian Painting, Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1973, page 79.

Exhibited:

Hommage à William Raphael, R.C.A., Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal September 1996, no. 22.

Note:

Both Raphael and Krieghoff are renowned for their Canadian sleigh scenes and character portraits of habitants. While similar at first glance, they are significantly different in their handling of these subjects. Here, for example, Raphael demonstrates a freer execution of his subject than could be expected from his younger compatriot who expressed a virtual obsession with detail.

Describing him as the "Pioneer Jewish Painter in Canada", Russell Harper credits Prussian-born Raphael together with his contemporaries Adolphe Vogt and Otto Jacobi as contributing significantly to advancing landscape painting in Canada.  Together, these three artists, writes Dennis Reid "set a new direction".

English landscape painting had exerted its influence over early Canadian landscape artists, particularly those in Ontario. French painting at this time held little sway; this would come later. Unlike their American contemporaries prior to the turn of the century, few Canadians had studied art in Germany despite the fact that, according to Harper, "the Berlin approach symbolized all that was most effective in contemporary painting.” It was the result of the immigration to Canada of artists like Vogt, Jacobi and Raphael - who was trained at the Berlin Academy- that German influences were introduced to Canadian painting.

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