By Joseph Raffaele
Located in Hanover, MA
Large abstract modernist oil on canvas painting by Joseph Raffaele / Raffael (born 1933) from his first solo exhibition at Kanegis Gallery, Newbury St. Boston in November 1958.
Concurrently Raffaele had left for Italy on a two year Fulbright scholarship to Florence and Rome.
Signed on back of stretcher. Remains of Kanegis label. Marked 119.
49-7/8” X 41-1/2” canvas inside frame not including a 1” silvered wood frame.
This painting has been in the collection of a Boston architect since the late 1950's.
Rare example of this artist's earliest work.
Joseph Raffael
Born in Brooklyn, New York, 22 February 1933
Joseph was the youngest of three children and the only son of Sicilian and Swiss-Irish parents, Joseph Marino Raffaele and Cora Kaelin Raffaele.
He became interested in drawing at age 7, and spent his high school years taking classes at the nearby Brooklyn Museum.
From 1951-54, he attended Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, along with fellow students R.B. Kitaj and Paul Thek.
Upon graduation from Cooper Union, Raffael received a fellowship to the Yale Summer School of Art and Music in Norfolk, Connecticut.
Through the support of his instructor Bernard Chaet, Raffael was awarded a scholarship to the Yale School of Art, where he studied color and drawing with Josef Albers and received his BFA in 1956.
Instead of pursuing a master's degree, he moved to NY to become a painter, where he worked freelance part-time at Jack Prince Textile Studio, alongside Carolyn Brady...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joseph Raffaele Furniture