# Rex Brasher artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T10:18:01.208Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Watercolor, Painting

## Portrait

![Rex Brasher](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Rex_Brasher_self-portrait_by_artist.jpg)
Rex Brasher · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Brasher

## About Rex Brasher

Rex Brasher (1869–1960) was an American painter, watercolorist, and ornithologist whose work centered on the birds of North America. Public authority records identify him as an American painter, while the collected biographical source describes an unusually broad ornithological project: 875 surviving paintings representing approximately 1,200 species and subspecies. His combination of close natural observation and watercolor technique places his work within the wider tradition of American bird illustration associated with artists and naturalists such as John James Audubon and Louis Agassiz Fuertes, although the available sources do not establish a formal movement affiliation. Collectors may encounter Brasher through detailed bird watercolors and other paintings connected with this extensive survey of North American avifauna. His identity is supported by linked records from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, and ISNI, helping distinguish his work from that of similarly named artists.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter Rex Brasher through paintings and watercolors depicting North American birds. The documented body of work is notable for detailed ornithological coverage across numerous species and subspecies. A candidate work should therefore be described by medium, dimensions, depicted species, inscriptions or signatures, physical condition, and any evidence connecting it to Brasher's wider bird-painting project. The collected sources do not establish a separate print, sculpture, ceramic, or edition practice.

## Market and appraisal context

Rex Brasher works should be assessed object by object rather than through a generalized price assumption. Relevant characteristics include the medium and technique, the bird species or subspecies represented, and any documented connection to his larger North American bird-painting corpus. Attribution, provenance, condition, dimensions, date, inscriptions, and prior auction history may also require independent verification before an appraisal conclusion is reached. The collected public source pack confirms Brasher's identity and principal subject matter but does not provide enough lot-level evidence to support price trends, rarity claims, or a value range. When comparable public auction records are available, the most useful comparisons will be works with closely aligned medium, subject, size, condition, authorship evidence, and sale date.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45308039
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500043564
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/53105573/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84801175
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000067070565
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Brasher
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/rex-brasher/