# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-raphael
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:41:07.393Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-raphael"
name: "William Raphael"
slug: "william-raphael"
description: "William Raphael, born Israel Rafalsky, was a Prussian-born Canadian painter of portraits, still lifes, genre scenes and landscapes, best known for his lively scenes of the Montreal harbour and market life. Raphael played a foundational role in the development of professional art practice in Canada, helping to shape the country's nineteenth-century artistic landscape through his work as a painter, teacher, and institutional founder. He was the first Jewish professional artist to establish himself in Canada, a charter member of Montreal's Society of Canadian Artists in 1868, a member of the Ontario Society of Artists in 1879 and a charter member of the Canadian Academy of Arts in 1880."
tagline: "Canadian artist (1833-1914)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1833-08-22"
deathDate: "1914-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.337581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Raphael"
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    title: "ويليام رافائيل"
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    title: "ويليام رافائيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Raphael"
    title: "William Raphael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Raphael"
    title: "William Raphael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Raphael"
    title: "William Raphael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Raphael"
    title: "William Raphael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8017377"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump