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Rex Brasher

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Rex Brasher (1869 - 1960) was active/lived in Connecticut.  Rex Brasher is known for Bird paintings.

Known as Connecticut's 20th-Century Audubon, Rex Brasher was born in 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, and as a youngster became fascinated with birds, largely due to the influence of his father, an avid naturalist and bird taxidermist.  In 1878, at the age of eight, Brasher determined to paint all the birds of North America from life--and better than Audubon.  He started painting birds seriously around age 16, but none of his early paintings has survived.

His determination to study birds in their natural surroundings took Brasher to all corners of North America.  He financed his first trip, down the east coast from Maine to Florida, by working as a photoengraver. Most of his other trips were financed by betting on horse races.  One of his most successful bets netted $10,000 and financed an extensive trip to the Midwest.  At one point, after losing most of his money on a bad bet, he took a job on a fishing boat.  He was then able to earn a l   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5698 characters.]  Artist bio

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17 Book References for Rex Brasher
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Austin, Robert Michael Artists of the Litchfield Hills
(Exhibition catalog)		 132 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1968 Brasher, Rex Birds and Trees of North America: 1094 Species and Sub Species of Birds, 383 Species of Trees 0 Yes
1967 Brasher, Rex Rex Brasher's Treasury of Bird Paintings: 0 Yes
1962 Brasher, Milton Rex Brasher: Painter of Birds, a Biography 345 No
1962 Brasher, Rex Rex Brasher's Birds of North America 0 Yes
1962 Brasher, Rex Rex Brasher's Birds and Trees of North America 0 Yes
1949 Pearson, Thomas; Clement Brimley, et. all Birds of North Carolina 434 Yes
1940 Ball, Charlotte (editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists 790 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1929 Brasher, Rex Birds and Trees of North America 0 No
1926 Brasher, Rex Secrets of the Friendly Woods 220 No
Brasher, Rex Birds of Arizona 0 No
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