William Raphael - Rural Bliss

Rural Bliss

William Raphael's original lithograph, Rural Bliss is printed upon nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins as published in Canada by the "Montreal Daily Witness" in the winter of 1885. This is a fine, original example of the art created by the Canadian artist, William Raphael and the historical sporting events and entertainments that took place in the week long Montreal Winter Carnival during the late 19th century.

Original Lithograph Printed with Tint Stone by the Canadian artist, William Raphael.

Rural Bliss

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Canadian Periodicals
#	Image	Title & Printer	Medium	Date	Source	-
01-		Ice Palace, 1885 printed by Burland Lithographic Company for the Montreal Daily Star, Montreal, Canada	Original Lithographic with Colour Tint Stone	1885	Montreal Daily Star, Montreal Canada	Sold
02.-		Little Queenie by the Weekly Star, Montreal, Canada	Original Chromolithograph	1896	Weekly Star & the Family Herald, Montreal Canada	Sold
03-		Rural Bliss by William Raphael for the Montreal Daily Star, Montreal, Canada	Original Lithographic with Colour Tint Stone	1885	Montreal Daily Star, Montreal Canada	Sold
04.-		Storming of The Ice Palace by Henri Octave Julien for the Montreal Daily Star, Montreal, Canada	Original Lithographic with Colour Tint Stone	1885	Montreal Daily Star, Montreal Canada	Sold
05.-		The Bounce printed by Burland Lithographic Company for the Montreal Daily Star, Montreal, Canada	Original Lithographic with Colour Tint Stone	1887	Montreal Daily Star, Montreal Canada	Sold
06.-		The River Boulevard by Harrington Bird for the Montreal Daily Witness, Montreal Canada	Original Lithographic with Colour Tint Stone	1885	Montreal Daily Witness, Montreal Canada	Sold
07.-		Tobogganing by Henri Octave Julien for the Montreal Daily Star, Montreal, Canada	Original Lithographic with Colour Tint Stone	1885	Montreal Daily Star, Montreal Canada	Sold
08.-		Witness Carnival Number by Harrington Bird for the Montreal Daily Witness, Montreal Canada	Original Lithographic with Colour Tint Stone	1885	Montreal Daily Witness, Montreal Canada	Sold

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Title:	Rural Bliss
Artist:	Raphael, William (Prussia, 1833 - Montreal, 1914)
Date:	1885
Medium:	Original Lithograph Printed with Tint Stone
Publisher:	The Montreal Daily Witness, Montreal Canada
Note:	William Raphael: One of Canadas greatest artists of the nineteenth century, William Raphael emigrated to New York in 1856 and settled permanently in Canada the following year. He began his career in Montreal chiefly as painter of portraits. He also taught extensively, both on his own and in secondary schools.
	In the 1870's and 1880's, Raphael began to expand his oeuvre, painting some of the most famous genre studies and landscapes in the history of Canadian art. He became a charter member of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1880.
	William Raphael was also a talented lithographic artist. In fact, he published a complete volume of his lithographic work in 1895. "Rural Bliss" is one of Raphael's premier lithographs.
Note:	"The Montreal Daily Witness" and the "Montreal Daily Star" became major Canadian publishers of original lithographs and wood engravings with the popular rise of the Montreal Winter Carnival. Beginning in 1883, the Carnival was Canada's initial Winter event and predated Quebec City's Carnival by eleven years. The week long Carnival was clearly no small undertaking. Sporting events and entertainments were scheduled throughout the city and a towering ice castle was constructed from which highly elaborate attacks and defences were staged. The sporting events included tandem sleight racing, tobogganing, snow-shoeing, curling and the recently invented sport of ice hockey.
	Because of the carnival's widespread popularity competing Montereal publishers commissioned the services of Canada's greatest artists to commemorate the events. The "Montreal Daily Witness" was particularly well represented with the skills of such artists as William Raphael, Harington Bird and Robert Harris. The imaginative and original works of art these famous artists made at this time stand as valuable historical documents of the nineteenth century Canada.
Size:	10 X 13 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed on nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins as published by the "Montreal Daily Witness" in the winter of 1885. A fine, tinted printing and in excellent condition throughout. This original William Raphael lithograph is obviously a prime example of early Canadian art.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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