William Raphael
(1833 - 1914)
Previously Sold Works
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
Preparing for a Smoke
oil on paper, mounted on board
signed and dated 1873 lower left
9.5 x 6.5 ins ( 24.1 x 16.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $33,600.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
Bonsecours Market, 1864
graphite, ink and watercolour, heightened with white
graphite, ink and watercolour, heightened with white
signed and dated 1864 lower left
9.5 x 11.75 ins ( 24.1 x 29.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $33,600.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
Two Indian Women (1873)
oil on paper, mounted on card
signed and dated (indistinctly) to the right
10 x 7.25 ins ( 25.4 x 18.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $16,800.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
Rafting on the Ottawa River
oil on canvas
signed lower left
12 x 17 ins ( 30.5 x 43.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $6,600.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
The News Vendor
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed and dated 1875 lower left; an area of paint loss located along the lower left edge
14 x 8 ins ( 35.6 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $5,175.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
Old Lady Spinning
oil on canvas
titled on two gallery and exhibition labels on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
Road to the Farm
oil on board
signed and dated “16. 7. 85” lower right; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
14.75 x 10.25 ins ( 37.5 x 26 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: September 12th 2023
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
The Coachman
oil on canvas
signed lower left
14 x 11 ins ( 35.6 x 27.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,770.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
Portrait of a Young Woman with Flowers
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed with initials and dated “17.6.85” lower right; inscribed “96” to the left; unframed
21.5 x 9.75 ins ( 54.6 x 24.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: June 23rd 2020
WILLIAM RAPHAEL
Two Young Women and a Dog
oil on canvas
signed lower left; unframed; condition noted
16 x 25 ins ( 40.6 x 63.5 cms )
William Raphael Biography
(1833 - 1914)
Born in Nakel, Prussia and educated at the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin, Willam Raphael brought with him a Germanic tradition of figure painting when he arrived in Montreal in 1857. In the 1860s he painted portraits, still lifes and city views that combine topography and genre, most notably in his famous painting of 1866 depicting people grouped behind Bonsecours Market (National Gallery of Canada, acc. no. 6673). He was undoubtedly attracted to the costumes and characteristics unique to Quebec, be it the garb of a habitant in a rustic interior (a theme he treated in several paintings) or women bringing their wares to market.
