Fractur

1935/1942

Charles Roadman

Associated Names
Charles Roadman

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a painting of a heart surrounded by birds and floral designs. The artwork includes a large heart at its center with text in a script, likely in German. The heart is bordered by birds and flora in red, brown, and green tones. Two red birds and two brown birds with red accents are perched symmetrically on branches with stylized flowers. The flowers have intricate details. This piece is in the style of Charles Roadman, known for creating fraktur, a type of Pennsylvania German art. The balanced composition and ornamental quality evoke 19th-century decorative arts.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 37.3 x 46 cm (14 11/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 12 1/4" high; 15 1/2" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.16769


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 721, no. 2629.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Chas,Roadman.

Wikidata ID

Q64538846

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