Ferdinand A. Brader
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Ferdinand A. Brader was an itinerant artist, known for his large pencil drawings of farms and other dwellings in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He was born in Switzerland in 1833, although his exact birthplace is unknown. He migrated to Pennsylvania in the United States sometime around 1870.
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His first pencil drawings of farms and homes was while he was in Pennsylvania. He did some 300 pictures in Pennsylvania. Most of his drawings are quite large, some measuring as much as 50 by 36 inches. Most were done using only graphite pencil, however, in 1890 he started incorporating the use of colored pencils into his drawings as well.
His Ohio drawings first appear around 1879, and he continued to draw for some 16 years. The Ohio drawings were done in Portage, Medina, Wayne, Stark, Summit, Carroll, and Columbiana counties.
Brader numbered his drawings, mostly in Ohio, and from these numbers we know that he did at least 972. Pictures were dated until at least 1895.
Brader was a frequent patient at the Portage Co. Infirmary (Poor House) in Ravenna, Ohio. Records of the infirmary cite his birth in 1833 in Switzerland. However, very little else is known about his later life, although some believe that he may have returned to Europe.
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