Rex Brasher 1868?-1960 biographical file.

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Rex Brasher 1868?-1960 biographical file.

Biographical file may contain one or more of the following: "Biographical Registry" form filled out by the cartoonist including information about education, career history, awards, signature example, and family information; biographical essays or sketches of the cartoonist; articles by or about the cartoonist; examples of the cartoonist's work in the form of clippings or photocopies.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7706337

Ohio State University Libraries

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Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

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Brasher, Rex, 1869-1960

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Born in 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, Rex Brasher was one of America's greatest bird painters. He painted almost twice as many North American birds as Louis Aggasiz Fuertes or John James Audubon. In 1924, while living at his homestead in Kent, Connecticut, Brasher finished his task of 47 years, paintings that included 1200 species and sub-species of birds listed on the American Ornithologists Union (AOU) Checklist of North American Birds. From the description of Rex Brasher collection,...