About Rafael Gallery
At Rafael Gallery we comb the continent to bring you the finest works of art from all over the world. Our gallery was founded in the year 1965 by businessman and fine art collector, Mr. Ralph Aryeh, and has since been passed down from father to son for 3 generations. Since the year 1978, we have occupied a permanent location at 1020 Madison Avenue, in New York, and under the recent leadership of Mr. Brandon Aryeh, we have expanded to a second location at 211 East 59th Street. For over 50 years, the Rafael family has maintained a superb reputation for serving clients w...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Femme Arabe, 1975
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
In 1963, Calder settled into a new workshop, overlooking the valley of the Lower Chevrière to Saché in Indre-et-Loire (France). It wasn’t long before tapestry became a new way for Al...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric More Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Still Life of Flowers and Fruits
Located in New York, NY
Albert Herter
American, 1871-1950
Still Life of Flowers and Fruits
Oil on canvas
Piece: 30 x 22 in
Frame: 36 x 28 in
Signed upper left
Provenance:
Private Collection, New York, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Native American Chief
Located in New York, NY
Phillip Cook is a Postwar Contemporary painter who was born in 1949.
Holmes à Court Gallery featured Phillip Cook's work in the past. His work usually centers on landscape or suburba...
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Étude Pour Une Chasse au Lion
By Eugène Delacroix
Located in New York, NY
Étude pour une chasse au lion by Eugene Delacroix (1789-1863)
Catalogue raisonne reference: Alfred Robalt 733.
Christie’s provenance.
Description:
Eugene Delacroix was a famous French Romantic painter whose career is seen to this day as imperative in the shaping of the French Romantic school. He studied at the Lycee Louis-le-Grand and Lycee Pierre Corneille. He was inspired by Baroque painters like Peter Paul Rubens, incorporating the extravagance of early Flemish painting into his work. He was often seen as in direct opposition to the established French Neoclassical school which included artists like Ingres and David. Nevertheless, Delacroix maintained his career as an artist through history paintings and later political paintings such as "Liberty Leading the People...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Cruxifixction
By Hans Hofmann
Located in New York, NY
Description
Hans Hofmann
Untitled
On the reverse a pencil sketch
Pencil on paper
14 x 16 7/8 in.
Provenance
Herbert Matter, New York / Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York / Bunny...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Florilège des Amours, 1948
By Henri Matisse
Located in New York, NY
Florilège des Amours, 1948
Profile by Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Lithograph on paper
15 x 10 ¾ inches unframed (38.1 x 27.305 cm)
19 x 14 ½ inches framed (48.26 x 36.83 cm)
About the...
Category
20th Century Fauvist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Baytop
By Syd Solomon
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right
Syd Solomon, an influential American artist known for his pioneering use of acrylic paint, began his artistic journey in high school in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
By Hans Hofmann
Located in New York, NY
Description
Hans Hofmann
Untitled
Pencil on paper
16 7/8 x 14 in.
Provenance
Herbert Matter, New York / Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York / Bunny Williams, New York / William E...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Three Figures
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right,
Titled and dated on reverse
Aaron Elvaiah is a 20th century Israeli modernist/surrealism artist, his medium is typically oil paint and his subject matter transit...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ruth (The American Weekly Cover Illustration)
By Joseph Watson Little
Located in New York, NY
Joe Watson Little - (1915 - 1986)
Had a considerable run for Hearst publications, doing covers and story arts from the 40s through the 60s. Also did PWPs (Post War Pulps) like Master...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Humming Bird
Located in New York, NY
Frank Vavruska
(American, 1917-1974)
Title: The Humming Bird
Materials: Oil on Canvas
Size: 67 ¾ x 20 ½ inches
Markings: Signed lower right and titled on reverse
Frank Vavrus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zephyr Stage
By Syd Solomon
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right
Syd Solomon, an influential American artist known for his pioneering use of acrylic paint, began his artistic journey in high school in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Canvas
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