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Hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, related to fraktur, found in the Fancy Dutch tradition in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. [1] Barn paintings, usually in the form of "stars in circles", began to appear on the landscape in the early 19th century and became widespread decades later when commercial ready-mixed paint became readily ...
It frequently appears in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art. [2] It represents happiness and good fortune and the Pennsylvania German people, and is a common theme in hex signs and in fraktur . The word distelfink (literally 'thistle-finch') is (besides Stieglitz ) the German name for the European goldfinch .
Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs are a familiar type of motif in the eastern portions of the United States. Their circular and symmetric design, and their use of brightly colored patterns from nature, such as stars, compass roses, doves, hearts, tulips, leaves, and feathers have made them quite popular. [citation needed]
Fraktur is a highly artistic and elaborate illuminated folk art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch, named after the Fraktur script associated with it. Place of creation also includes Alsace, Switzerland, and Rhineland which are also contributed to the folk art. [1]
The birds, tulips, hearts, etc., found on contemporary hex signs were first painted when painters started painting on rounds of plywood rather than directly up on the barns. See: Yoder, Don, and Thomas E. Graves. Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols and Their Meaning, Second Edition, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 1999. Graves, Thomas E.
HEX, in WandaVision is a nickname for the city of Westview; Hex, a 1973 film starring Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, and Hillarie Thompson; Hex, a 1980 Hong Kong film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung; Hex, a 2015 film directed by Clarence Peters; Hex, a 2018 film directed by Rudolf Buitendach
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!
The stylized leaves of the white oak in their fall colors on this Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign are a symbol of strength; acorns denote youth and great prospects.{{{1}}} Template documentation [ view ] [ edit ] [ history ] [ purge ]