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Over the past 30 years, I have been researching the artist Ferdinand A. Brader and have become a bit of an expert. I can answer most questions regarding the drawings of F.A. Brader also known as Ferdinand A. Brader. Brader was an late 19th Century untrained(?)itinerant Folk Artist who throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio doing large pencil drawings (portraits) of farms and other dwellings and businesses. He worked from around 1876 to 1895. I'd love to hear about any Brader drawings you might have of know about... Check out my blog on Brader: http://ferdinandabrader.blogspot.com/ I can also answer questions about Antique Mid-Western Amish Quilts, especially those from the Ohio Amish. In addition, I can answer questions about other types of Antique American Quilts and other types of American Folk Art. Please note. I can only answer questions on AMERICAN items.
I have been a collector and dealer of American antique quilts and American folk art for over 35 years. Recent exhibition of my Ohio Amish quilt collection in Germany and France.
"Antique Ohio Amish Quilts, the Darwin D. Bearley Collection" My bolg on Ferdinand A. Brader: http://ferdinandabrader.blogspot.com/
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ohio State University and Master of Fine Arts from University of Kentucky
Numerous exhibitions and articles both in the USA and in Europe. Recent publication of "Antique Ohio Amish Quilts, the Darwin D. Bearley Collection"
Numerous collectors and dealers thoughout the US and the world, some quite well known.
Designs, colors, details, stories behind the objects, thrill of the discovery...
Like any collector, I'm always looking for new and unknown examples of what I collect. As for the drawings of Ferdinand A. Brader, I'm working on a database on the surviving works by Brader.
Ferdinand A. Brader was very prolific and did some 972 large pictures and many hundreds of smaller drawings. The majority of Antique Amish Quilts are no longer in the hands of the Amish but in private Quilt and Folk Art collections.
Over the years numerous Amish Quilts have been sold as being older than they actually are. Very few dealers can actually tell their true age and a lot of new quilts have been sold as old by the unscrupulous or the ignorant...
christina, I haven't been able find anything on this artist. Is the "L. A." initials or do y9ou think it stands for Los Angeles? Can you email a picture as I'm not sure what you mean by
Christopher, Without actually seeing your prints, I can tell you anything definitive but since you picture has a texture to it, my honest opinion is that these are inexpensive reproductions and probably
Without seeing them, I can't really give you much help.However, this picture looks like an early 20th Century print. It certainly isn't folk art. If you have an actual painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Mayra, It is very possible that this is from the late Victorian Period, c. 1990-1900. You didn't give any dimensions so I can't comment on it value but I'm sure there are collectors for this type
Hi David, I do not know of this drawing. I do know of the "Residence of Ammon and Susan Winter" but I do not know who ownes this one. These things have moved around a lot and many have been lost over

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