Fraktur art

A flower from one of my frakturs, inspired by a historic piece. Fraktur—an early German American art which remains obscure to many, but beloved by those who have discovered the beauty of its worn pages, swirled and splotched with ink and age. How in the world did a girl in her twenties become an imitator of this historic art? Ancestors begin the story. Those immigrants from Germany settled in the blue mountains of Western Pennsylvania. They brought their color and designs along with their…

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In today's post, Janneken Smucker discusses Fraktur, an art form once popular among the Pennsylvania German people. --- Fraktur and Family Records Among the decorative items in some Amish homes—both today and in the past—have been ornamental family records, some stitched, some inked, some produced on painted glass (a unique genre that clearly deserves its

Really charming Fraktur bird

Drawing for Sarah Ebersol

Works on Paper - Fraktur

David Y. Ellinger (American 1913-2003), watercolor fraktur of a distelfink, signed lower right, 4 3/4'' x 6''..

American draftsmanship before 1800 was dominated by portraiture.