Joseph Raphael (Jackson, California, June 2, 1869 - San Francisco, December 11, 1950) was an American impressionist painter. By 1912 he was married and living in Uccle, Belgium, a suburb of Brussels. He produced many paintings of the countryside near his home. As Raphael's international reputation grew, his family grew as well, to include four daughters and a son. His family frequently appeared in his figurative works. By the early 1930s Raphael and his family were living in a suburb of Leiden, Holland, and he painted often in nearby Bruges. In 1939, with World War II approaching, he returned to San Francisco, where he lived and maintained a studio on Sutter Street until his death.
[Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - Oil on canvas, 146.1 x 151.1 cm]