UPDATE: Brader Exhibit 2014

July 14:  

There was a wonderful turnout for “Bring your Brader Day”.  Between 11am and 2pm this past Saturday, dozens of families came to the Canton Museum of Art to share information and have their drawings photographed. A total of 26 Brader drawings were brought in to be studied and professionally photographed. Preliminary indications are that we have added 14 new drawings to our catalog, and we now have excellent photographs of 12 drawings which were already on the list.  All families who participated will receive the digital image made of their Brader drawing.

Our understanding of Ferdinand Brader and his work has been greatly enhanced by this spirit of generosity and enthusiasm.

Your participation in this information gathering and sharing is welcomed.

 Please contact my friend;

Kathleen Wieschaus-Voss, Brader Exhibit Curator            330-456-6600            kwieschaus@aol.com

if you have any information or know the location of any works by Brader.

The Ferdinand Brader exhibit will be at the Canton Museum of Art in Canton, Ohio, from December 2014 through February 2015

http://www.braderexhibit.com/

http://www.cantonart.org/20

Ferdinand Brader exhibit to be held at the Canton Museum of Art in Canton, Ohio, December 2014 – March 2015.

Search continues for missing Brader drawings. Currently only 150 of an estimated 980 drawings have been located. We need your help to locate the missing 830 drawing for the illustrated book which will accompany the exhibition and will list all his known drawings. Contact Brader scholar and researcher, Kathleen Wieschaus-Voss, at kwieschaus@aol.com .

Known Brader drawings by County and Township*

STARK COUNTY OH (73)

– Nimishillen: 16

– Washington: 9

– Lake: 8

– Lawrence: 8

– Plain: 8

– Marlboro: 8

– Osnaburg: 5

– Paris: 3

– Pike: 2

– Sandy: 2

– Perry: 1

– Bethlehem: 1

– Lexington: 1

– Canton: 1

WAYNE COUNTY OH (6)
– Baughman: 2
– Chippewa: 4
MEDINA COUNTY OH (3)
– Wadsworth: 3
COLUMBIANA COUNTY OH (1)

 

Ferdinand Arnold Brader, born in Kaltbrunn, Canton St.Gallen, Switzerland 1833, immigrated to America in the 1870s and for the next twenty years traveled through Pennsylvania and Ohio documenting rural life in America with hundreds of large scale detailed drawings. These unique pencil drawings are a glimpse into American life from 1875 to 1895 and are treasured by owners and collectors.

With meticulous care, Ferdinand Brader identified the owners and township of each property he visited and used a sequential numbering and dating system which helps scholars date the drawings. Research is underway to catalog the drawings as more examples of his work become known. The goal of the research and of the forthcoming exhibit is to trace and illustrate the path of Ferdinand Brader as he traveled through the countryside and to deepen our understanding of the American family heritage.

 

Please help out my friend and fellow appraiser with this project if you can!

http://www.braderexhibit.com/