Ashbrook Christmas Card
Paul Ashbrook is a reasonably famous artist from Cincinnati. I'm guessing he was a contemporary of Al and Connie. I think he had a son who was a good friend Aunt Marie. (Somebody else should be writing this since I don't for sure know what I'm talking about.) Scattered throughout the family are many Ashbrook paintings and sketches, probably we have the most since we seem to like him the most. This is a Christmas card sent out by the Ashbrook's. I don't know if the picture was painted just for this card or a picture he already had. It is signed Paul Ashbrook.
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Paul Ashbrook was much older than Connie and Al. Born in 1867...but you are right that his son, Bob was a good friend of Aunt Marie's. I guess that is how the Badanes family received so many of his etchings and paintings. His real claim to fame was that he was part of the Duveneck school here in Cincinnati and he was a teacher at the Art Academy. He changed his name to Ashbrook (initially his name was German) I think we all have some of his etchings...seems like he did many of them while traveling around the world. I love his work too!
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