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Pennsylvania 1854 Fraktur
Pennsylvania 1854 Fraktur

Pennsylvania 1854 Fraktur

$850

H 27 in W 23 in D 1 in

Pennsylvania 1854 Fraktur

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Birth announcement for Daniel Konig, Allentown PA 1854. Nicely framed and matted. Condition consistent with age. Overall size 23" by 27" Image size 16' by 13.5".

Category

Antique 1850s American American Colonial More Folk Art

Materials

Paper

Pennsylvania Fraktur Bird & Flowers, 19th Century
Pennsylvania Fraktur Bird & Flowers, 19th Century

Pennsylvania Fraktur Bird & Flowers, 19th Century

$2,200

H 11.38 in W 8.13 in D 0.5 in

Pennsylvania Fraktur Bird & Flowers, 19th Century

Located in Savannah, GA

A Pennsylvania fraktur bird and flower, 19th century. On stationary paper with embossed maker mark upper left of oval profile bust. piece: 4 ½ by 7 inches frame: 8 ⅛ by 11 ⅜ in...

Category

Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

19th C Framed Fraktur Watercolor Painting
19th C Framed Fraktur Watercolor Painting

19th C Framed Fraktur Watercolor Painting

$1,356Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.75 in W 13.5 in D 0.5 in

19th C Framed Fraktur Watercolor Painting

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Beautiful 19th C Fruktur by Martha Geist The poem on the Fruktur (watercolor) is re-written below. "If my name heaven is my station, This world is my habitation. Christ is my ...

Category

Antique 19th Century American Country Paintings

Materials

Wood

"Manayunk" Walter Emerson Baum, Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape of Manayunk
"Manayunk" Walter Emerson Baum, Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape of Manayunk

"Manayunk" Walter Emerson Baum, Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape of Manayunk

By Walter Emerson Baum

Located in New York, NY

Though coming from a family of barbers, Walter began pursuing a career in art from a young age. He studied Pennsylvania-German folk art, known as fraktur, under the tutelage of Isaac...

Category

1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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Pennsylvania Watercolor Fraktur Birth Certificate

Pennsylvania Watercolor Fraktur Birth Certificate

Unavailable

H 13 in W 15.5 in D 1 in

Pennsylvania Watercolor Fraktur Birth Certificate

Located in New Hope, PA

Fraktur birth certificate for Catherine Mauen, dated "1796" Attributed to Joseph Lochbaum, 'Nine Hearts Artist' (active circa 1800-1806), Southeastern Pennsylvania Watercolor on pa...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper

Pennsylvania Fraktur Drawing of a Spread Wing Eagle
Pennsylvania Fraktur Drawing of a Spread Wing Eagle

Pennsylvania Fraktur Drawing of a Spread Wing Eagle

Unavailable

H 15.75 in W 10.75 in D 1 in

Pennsylvania Fraktur Drawing of a Spread Wing Eagle

Located in New Hope, PA

For a related example see Earnest, Fraktur: Folk Art and Family, p. 105.  

Category

Antique 1820s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Pennsylvania Birth and Baptismal Fraktur for Maria Anna Hursch
Pennsylvania Birth and Baptismal Fraktur for Maria Anna Hursch

Pennsylvania Birth and Baptismal Fraktur for Maria Anna Hursch

Located in New Hope, PA

A beautifully illustrated birth and baptismal fraktur, or taufschein, record for Maria Anna Hursch. This fraktur is attributed to William Henry Muench (1799-1885), the eldest son of ...

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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper

Folk Art Paint Decorated Blanket Chest by Fraktur Artist Heinriech Otto, 1790
Folk Art Paint Decorated Blanket Chest by Fraktur Artist Heinriech Otto, 1790

Folk Art Paint Decorated Blanket Chest by Fraktur Artist Heinriech Otto, 1790

Located in Allentown, PA

Folk Art paint decorated blanket chest by Fraktur artist Heinriech Otto 1790 Dauphin County Pennsylvania original paint.

Category

Antique 1790s American Folk Art Blanket Chests

Materials

Pine

Untitled (Fraktur Deer Sketch)
Untitled (Fraktur Deer Sketch)

Untitled (Fraktur Deer Sketch)

Located in Chicago, IL

Known as “fraktur,” these hand-drawn works on paper celebrated the personal and domestic lives of the Pennsylvania Dutch in the mid-18th to late-19th centuries. Named for a distincti...

Category

Late 19th Century Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pen

Antique 1860s Early Americana Folk Art Fraktur Pennsylvania Dutch Family Record
Antique 1860s Early Americana Folk Art Fraktur Pennsylvania Dutch Family Record

Antique 1860s Early Americana Folk Art Fraktur Pennsylvania Dutch Family Record

Located in Dayton, OH

"Fraktur is a highly artistic and elaborate illuminated Folk Art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch, named after the Fraktur script associated with it.

Category

Antique 1860s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Signed   " Ad 83" Lancaster Co, Pa Fraktur
Signed   " Ad 83" Lancaster Co, Pa Fraktur

Signed " Ad 83" Lancaster Co, Pa Fraktur

Located in Los Angeles, CA

THIS FANTASTIC PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DUTCH FRAKTUR HAS ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES ANYONE WOULD WANT IN A FRAKTUR.

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Antique 19th Century American Paintings

Rare Fraktur from Chester County Pennsylvania, Dated 1778

Rare Fraktur from Chester County Pennsylvania, Dated 1778

Located in Wiscasset, ME

In fairly good overall condition, slight tear upper right corner.

Category

Antique 1770s American Folk Art Paintings

Antique Pennsylvania Dutch Hand Painted Fraktur Early 19thC
Antique Pennsylvania Dutch Hand Painted Fraktur Early 19thC

Antique Pennsylvania Dutch Hand Painted Fraktur Early 19thC

Located in Big Flats, NY

Antique Pennsylvania Dutch Hand Painted Fraktur Early 19thC. Measures - 9.25"H x 7.25"W x .75"D.

Category

Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Drawings

Materials

Paper

Fraktur Birth and Baptism Certificate Moses Kelchner, Northampton Co., 1834
Fraktur Birth and Baptism Certificate Moses Kelchner, Northampton Co., 1834

Fraktur Birth and Baptism Certificate Moses Kelchner, Northampton Co., 1834

Located in Savannah, GA

A fraktur birth and baptism certificate for Moses Kelchner, Northampton County, 1834 Son of Joseph and Maria Kelchner, he was born on September 3, 1834. On paper in 19th century ma...

Category

Antique 1830s American Decorative Art

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Schwenkfelder Watercolor Fraktur Picture
Schwenkfelder Watercolor Fraktur Picture

Schwenkfelder Watercolor Fraktur Picture

Located in Columbus, OH

They and their non-Schwenkfelder neighbors produced some of the finest examples of frakturs and folk art drawings such as this example.

Category

Antique 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

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Materials

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"Green Landscape" Arthur Hoeber, American Impressionist, Early 20th Century
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By Arthur Hoeber

Located in New York, NY

Arthur Hoeber Green Landscape, circa 1910 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Provenance Sal Sciarrino, New Jersey Born in New Jersey in 1854, Arthur Hoeber had a natu...

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1910s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

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Located in Lambertville, NJ

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Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Located in London, GB

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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Black Tramp Art Frame Folk Art Picture Frame Carved Wood Carved Oak
Antique Black Tramp Art Frame Folk Art Picture Frame Carved Wood Carved Oak

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Located in Munich, DE

This tramp art picture frame was handcrafted and hand carved in the last decades of the 19th century. It is decorated with for pointed stars, square and rectangular pyramids, lozeng...

Category

Antique 1890s European Folk Art Picture Frames

Materials

Oak

"Point Pleasant" Bucks County New Hope PA River Snow Scene Oil Painting Framed
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"Point Pleasant" Bucks County New Hope PA River Snow Scene Oil Painting Framed

Located in New York, NY

A wonderful Impressionist winter pastoral scene of colorful quaint homes by the river. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much feel...

Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

"Bonfire"

William Langson Lathrop"Bonfire", Circa 1920

$143,750

H 25 in W 26 in D 3 in

"Bonfire"

By William Langson Lathrop

Located in Lambertville, NJ

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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Local Gossip"
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Joseph Barrett"Local Gossip"

$16,875

H 38 in W 40 in D 2 in

"Local Gossip"

By Joseph Barrett

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Illustrated in "Joseph Barrett, The Prime Years 1970s - 1990s", pg. 59, plate #069. Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Barrett (1936 – ) Joseph B...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Manayunk Schuylkill River Factory City Scene Philadelphia GIOVANNI MARTINO 1970
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By Giovanni Martino

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Provenance: Private Collection, San Diego, CA. Framed Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers...

Category

1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

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"Road to Argus"
"Road to Argus"

"Road to Argus"

By Walter Emerson Baum

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to offer this piece by Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956). Born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, Walter Baum was one of the only members...

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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Canal"
"The Canal"

Edward Willis Redfield"The Canal", c. 1906

$531,250

H 44 in W 51 in D 3 in

"The Canal"

By Edward Willis Redfield

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Illustrated in "Edward Redfield: Just Values and Fine Seeing" ...

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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"New House Near Hartsville"

Joseph Barrett"New House Near Hartsville"

$11,200

H 30 in W 30 in D 2 in

"New House Near Hartsville"

By Joseph Barrett

Located in Lambertville, NJ

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Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Snow Covered Village"

"Snow Covered Village"

By Walter Emerson Baum

Located in Lambertville, NJ

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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

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"Spring, Oakview"
"Spring, Oakview"

Antonio Pietro Martino"Spring, Oakview", 1927

$111,875

H 48 in W 58 in D 3 in

"Spring, Oakview"

By Antonio Pietro Martino

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Antonio Pietro Martino (1902 - 1988) Signed and dated lower right. Complemented by a period frame. Antonio Martino was ...

Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hand Written "Fraktur" Birth Announcement, 1854
Hand Written "Fraktur" Birth Announcement, 1854

Hand Written "Fraktur" Birth Announcement, 1854

Located in Lambertville, NJ

A framed hand written birth announcement for Danile Konig, Pennsylvania 1854 This document known as a Fraktur is calligraphic hand of the Latin alphabet and any of several black let...

Category

Antique 1850s American Drawings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

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Fraktur Art For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of fraktur art on 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, paint and pine, every piece of fraktur art was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an item from our selection of fraktur art — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 19th Century. A choice in our collection of fraktur art, designed in the Folk Art style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is a Fraktur Art?

A piece of fraktur art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,800, while the lowest priced sells for $435 and the highest can go for as much as $38,500.