Alumnus Senior Judge Raphael Steinhardt funds restoration of historic paintings at Stetson Law
Stetson Law alumnus Senior Judge Raphael Steinhardt J.D. ’63, a 2013 Stetson Law Hall of Fame inductee and namesake of the Judge Raphael Steinhardt Building that houses the Veterans Law Institute at Stetson, has recently made a donation to restore five large historic oil paintings on Stetson’s Gulfport campus. The campus was previously the home of the Florida Military Academy and was built originally as the Rolyat Hotel in the 1920s.
Judge Raphael Steinhardt with the original painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Photo courtesy Judge Steinhardt. Artist Joel Burki is restoring a copy of the painting at Stetson called “Gypsy girl.”
Artist Joel Burki is restoring five historic paintings on the Gulfport campus.
The paintings include figurative works depicting scenes from beaches to bull fights and include “Gypsy girl,” “Interior figural scene,” and “La serenata,” by Victor Robbian and “After the bath” and “The bull fight” by F. Gonzalez Gamarra. Conservator Joel M. Burki is restoring the paintings and the more than 90-year-old wooden frames.
Judge Steinhardt also donated funds to run the Veterans Law Institute and to complete the Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library at Stetson. He previously served more than 25 years on Stetson Law’s Board of Overseers. He has endowed several scholarships and awards at Stetson Law including the Judge Raphael Steinhardt Public Interest Scholarship, the Judge Raphael Steinhardt Public Interest Wage & Salary Supplement Scholarship, and the Judge Raphael Steinhardt Veterans Scholarship. He is the recipient of Stetson’s Ben C. Willard Alumnus of the Year Award and the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Post date: June 27, 2018
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