Rex Brasher. 1869 - 1960
Welcome!! The purpose of this website is to provide a biographic educational experience, opening the inspiring life and times of Rex Brasher for all to see! The site also could serve as a guide to evaluate art you may already own.
About Mr. Brasher...
Many years ago, John Burroughs said of Rex Brasher, " He is the greatest bird painter of all time!" In all truth he was a genius who gave his entire life to leave to the world a legacy of beauty in his Birds and Trees of North America.
Click Gallery to view all 866 original bird paintings from Rex Brasher's Birds and Trees of North America completed in 1932. In our Gallery, from Ducks and Robins to Blue Birds and Wood Peckers - from Flamingos, Turkeys, and Geese to Owls, Hawks and Eagles, each image is an original 1932 bird print hand colored by the artist, Rex Brasher. We know of no other artist, not even John James Audubon, who hand painted his own bird prints.
#735 Chickadee
Often Called the "20th Century Audubon"!
Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, renowned ornithologist and former president of the Audubon Society once said of Rex Brasher's paintings "They are the most beautiful bird paintings I have ever seen!"
"Mr. Brasher's loving care bestowed in each hand-colored plate is in the tradition of a hundred years earlier... Brasher's Birds and Trees belongs in a special category that is unique. Brasher had not written a great deal but his pages are interlarded with poetic imagery, often printed in contrasting italic or manuscript-style type.... His works stands apart on the sideline of time not to be judged with his contemporaries, nor indeed to be criticized. It is simply Rex Brasher." (Yale/Ripley)
Rex Brasher is probably America's greatest painter of birds, painting almost twice as many North American Birds as Louise Agassiz Fuertes or John James Audubon.
Be certain to view the News page to read about the plans for a new museum proposed to be built near Kent, Connecticut, to honor Rex Brasher and Dr. Birdseye Northrop.
Click on Biography to read the awesome Story of the Life and Times of Rex Brasher written by his Nephew, Milton Brasher. Milton achieved his own success, carving from wood, many of the birds Rex painted on paper.
Rex Brasher Bird Paintings
Email: steve@rexbrasher.com