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
Established in 19481stDibs seller since 2021
Featured Pieces
Woman with a Calf
By Lyell Carr
Located in New York, NY
Signed Lower Left.
Born in Sandwich, Illinois, Lyell Carr was a descendent of several distinguished New England families, including that of John Hancock, a signer of the Declaration...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Orientalist Watercolors
Located in New York, NY
Both signed lower right.
The works come from a private collection.
The scenes represent soft sunset backdrops in scenic locations in Egypt with small figures to anchor the foreground.
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Time of Prayer
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in New York, NY
Signed in Hebrew and English upper left.
Emanuel Glicen Romano or Emanuel Glicenstein (1897–1984) was a painter born in Italy. He emigrated to America and spent some time in Safed i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cossacks Hunting
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right. Multiple labels on reverse.
The painting is typical of Gedlek's genre scenes, often depicting genre scenes from the life of the Cossacks, in particular the Ukrai...
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Abstract
By Mark Tobey
Located in New York, NY
Mark Tobey was an American artist known for his densely calligraphic paintings. Working in a method more contemplative than emotional, he once remarked, “I believe that painting shou...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
After the Flood
By Zvi Raphaeli
Located in New York, NY
Zvi Raphaeli ( Israeli, 1924 - 2005)
After the Flood
25.5 x 18.5 inches unframed
40 x 33 inches framed
Signed lower right
Besides the subject matter prominently featuring various an...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Still Life on the Veranda
By Vincenzo Irolli
Located in New York, NY
Vincenzo Irolli
( 1860 - 1945)
Title: Still life on the Veranda
Materials: oil on panel
Size: 6 x 6 ¼ inches / 9 x 9 ¼ inches framed
Markings: Signed lower right
Vincenzo Ir...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Misty Waters
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Henry Boston (1860 - 1954)
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 in
Signed lower right
Joseph H. Boston, is a painter noted for society portraits as well as landscape and genre scenes. He w...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lake in Winter
Located in New York, NY
August Fink (German, 1846-1916)
Lake in Winter
Oil on Canvas
11.5 x 14.5in
Signed lower right
August Fink was a German artist predominantly known for his atmospheric landscape pain...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Étude Pour Une Chasse au Lion, Romantic Drawing, Mid-19th Century
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.
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
Passage Along the Shore, 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting, Framed, Signed
By Victor Pierre Huguet
Located in New York, NY
Passage Along the Shore by Victor Pierre Huguet (1835-1902)
Oil on canvas
15 x 23 inches unframed (38.1 x 58.42 cm)
21 x 29 inches framed (53.34 x 73.66 cm)
Signed on bottom right
Description:
In this piece, Victor Pierre Huguet depicts five men traveling...
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Crossing, 19th Century Oil Painting on Wood Panel, Signed, Framed
By Charles Théodore Frère
Located in New York, NY
The Crossing, 1855, by Theodore Frere (1814-1888)
Oil on wood panel
9 x 14 inches unframed (22.86 x 35.56 cm)
17 ¾ x 22 ½ inches framed (45.085 x 57.15 cm...
Category
19th Century Academic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
More About Rafael Gallery
