| Ferdinand A. Brader |
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He first did pencil drawings of farms and homes while in Pennsylvania and did some 300 pictures. Most of his drawings are quite large, some measuring as much as 50" X 36". Most were done using only graphite pencil. However, in 1890 he started incorporating the use of colored pencil as well. His Ohio drawings first appear around 1879 and he continued to do drawings for some 16 years. The Ohio drawings were done in the counties of Portage, Medina, Wayne, Stark, Carroll and Columbiana. Brader numbered most of his drawings and from these numbers we know he did at least 972. This picture was dated 1895. It is known that Brader was a frequent patient at the Portage Co. Infirmary (Poor House) in Ravenna, Ohio but very little else is known and it is not presently known what happened to him. There are stories however, that he returned to Europe. |
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