German folk art traditional

I have been working on this little 8" x 11" painting over the holidays and finally finished it yesterday. Done in a style called Fraktur, it utilizes watercolor and ink on tea-stained watercolor paper. Often called Pennsylvania Dutch/German Folk Art it was popular in the 1800's as a decorative embellishment on marriage and birth certificates. I have also seen it on old wooden or metal storage boxes and furniture, but this little piece was taken from a piece of artwork I had saved from a…

German Folk art imagined on Ceramic Tile German folk art is characterized by its use of traditional materials and techniques, as well as its focus on local themes and motifs. It is often created by anonymous artists, and it is passed down from generation to generation.

Fraktur was created by Pennsylvania Germans during the eighteenth through the mid nineteenth centuries and features calligraphic text decorated with colorful birds, hearts and flowers. The tradition has its roots in the illuminated manuscripts of medieval Europe but evolved into a distinctive part of the local Pennsylvania German culture. Today, those who appreciate this colorful folk art enjoy drawing their own fraktur designs based on the work of the early fraktur artists. The workshop…

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Pennsylvania German Motifs Flowers and Hearts by Path to Odd, via Flickr

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This flower design, inspired by folk embroidery, features lively patterns often seen on traditional Dirndl apparel in the Bavaria region of Germany.