![]() Record of 489 species, it illustrated over 2500 figures of birds on 864 plates, Years of dedicated toil and sketching in the field. It was truly a magnificent survey of the birds of North America based on 44 Paintings, which he considered the completion of the work begun by John James ![]() Here, in 1928, almost 100 yearsĪfter the publication of Audubon’s Birds of America, Brasher finished his $700 proceeds from a sale of book illustrations. Inġ911 Rex bought a 150 acre farm in Connecticut, the Chickadee Valley, with the Influential in the development of Brasher’s artistic range and technique. Museum of Natural History, and they became good friends. In 1907, Brasher met the famous bird painter, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, at American Raised in an environment where ornithology was ever present, there was much critical discussion in the household of bird art, including the imperfections in Audubon’s work. Born in July 1869, the son of amateur ornithologist & taxidermist, Philip Marston Brasher, he was descended from a prominent French Huguenot family. The story of his life is so moving, riveting and detailed that we cannot do justice to it here but refer the reader on to our list of references. Rex Brasher never veered from the lifelong ambition he first formulated at the age of 10 to draw all the birds of North America. While the image is electronically watermarked, the antique itself is not. While the image is electronically watermarked, the print itself is not. Original Rex Brasher Bird Prints 1830 Original Rex Brasher Bird Prints 1930Įach print measures approximately 17 ½ inches wide by 12 inches long
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