peoplepill id: william-raphael
WR
12 views today
12 views this week
The basics
Quick Facts
Intro
Canadian artist
Places
was
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Prussia
Place of death
Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec
Age
80 years
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
William Raphael (August 22, 1833 – March 15, 1914) was a Canadian artist. Born in Nakel, Prussia, of Orthodox Jewish background, he studied at the Berlin School of Fine Art. In 1856, he emigrated to New York City and then went to Montreal, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Nine years after he moved to Montreal, he painted "Immigrants at Montreal", later titled "Behind Bonsecours Market" purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in 1957.
He was a founding member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article.
The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
William Raphael is in following lists
By field of work
By work and/or country
comments so far.
Comments
William Raphael