Joseph Raphael

Joseph Raphael was born in Jackson, California. He studied at the California School of Design in San Francisco and the École des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian in Paris. He stayed in Europe for nearly four decades, maintaining ties to the San Francisco art community. He and his wife settled in the countryside in Uccle, Belgium, where they raised five children. With the approach of World War II, Raphael moved back to San Francisco, where he maintained a studio on Sutter Street for the rest of his life.