Watercolor and Ink on the inside of an antiqued book cover
SOLD
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Blue Floral Fraktur
This ink and watercolor fraktur is done in the style
that the Pennsylvania Germans were known for in the early 1800s.
The painting has been done on the inside of a book cover antiqued to look old.
SOLD
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Jacob Strickler Fraktur
Jacob Strickler's earliest known work
Jacob Strickler
(1770-1842)
Jacob Strickler was a fraktur artist who lived in a primarily
Mennonite settlement known as Massanutten in Shenandoah County,
Virginia, now know as Page County.
Jacob Strickler is thought to have been a schoolmaster and
Mennonnite preacher. Approximately one dozen fraktur documents
are signed or attributed to him, these include birth certificates
and writing samples called vorschriften.
His earliest know work is a vorschrift inscribed
“Jacob Strickler living in Shenandoah County, Virginia, March 17, 1787.
Strickler’s most famouse fractures are
elaborately decorated floral compositions.
(1770-1842)
Jacob Strickler was a fraktur artist who lived in a primarily
Mennonite settlement known as Massanutten in Shenandoah County,
Virginia, now know as Page County.
Jacob Strickler is thought to have been a schoolmaster and
Mennonnite preacher. Approximately one dozen fraktur documents
are signed or attributed to him, these include birth certificates
and writing samples called vorschriften.
His earliest know work is a vorschrift inscribed
“Jacob Strickler living in Shenandoah County, Virginia, March 17, 1787.
Strickler’s most famouse fractures are
elaborately decorated floral compositions.
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