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Francis Charles Portzline
Ser Amantio di Nicolao: added Category:German emigrants to the United States using HotCat
'''Francis Charles Portzline''' (1771 - 1857) was an [[United States|American]] [[fraktur (folk art)|fraktur]] artist of [[Germany|German]] birth.
A native of [[Solingen]], Portzline migrated to the United States and settled in [[Franklin Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Franklin Township]], [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]], [[Pennsylvania]], around 1800. There he operated a general store; its account book still exists in the hands of his descendants. He married Sabina Heiges, a member of a local family, and is believed to have been a schoolteacher at the Franklin Church. Achieving American citizenship in 1804, in 1812 he sold his York County property and moved to [[Perry County, Pennsylvania|Perry County]]; some years later he moved again, to [[Snyder County, Pennsylvania|Snyder County]], which would be his home until his death.<ref name="Wertkin2004"></ref> His property was located along the [[Susquehanna River]], in [[Perry Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania|Perry Township]],<ref name="auto1"></ref> at the time part of [[Union County, Pennsylvania|Union County]].<ref></ref> While living there he continued to farm and teach.<ref name="Wertkin2004"/> The Portzline family cemetery, containing the artist's grave, still exists in Perry Township.<ref name="auto1"/>
As an artist Portzline is remembered today for a handful of baptismal records for children in the neighborhood, distinguished by their border designs of brightly-colored animals. His work incorporates both [[German language|German]] and [[English language|English]]. Several pieces, primarily certificates for his own children, are known to survive.<ref name="Wertkin2004"/> Six of his pieces are held by the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]];<ref></ref> other collections holding examples of his work include those of the [[Winterthur Museum]], which owns three works;<ref></ref> the [[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum]], which owns two;<ref name="auto">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and the [[Free Library of Philadelphia]], which owns one,<ref name="auto"/> as does the [[Hood Museum of Art]] at [[Dartmouth College]].<ref></ref> He was among the folk artists featured in an exhibit at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in 1932 and 1933.<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1771 births]]
[[Category:1857 deaths]]
[[Category:American male painters]]
[[Category:19th-century American painters]]
[[Category:People from York County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:People from Snyder County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Painters from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Fraktur artists]]
[[Category:People from Solingen]]
[[Category:German emigrants to the United States]]
A native of [[Solingen]], Portzline migrated to the United States and settled in [[Franklin Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Franklin Township]], [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]], [[Pennsylvania]], around 1800. There he operated a general store; its account book still exists in the hands of his descendants. He married Sabina Heiges, a member of a local family, and is believed to have been a schoolteacher at the Franklin Church. Achieving American citizenship in 1804, in 1812 he sold his York County property and moved to [[Perry County, Pennsylvania|Perry County]]; some years later he moved again, to [[Snyder County, Pennsylvania|Snyder County]], which would be his home until his death.<ref name="Wertkin2004"></ref> His property was located along the [[Susquehanna River]], in [[Perry Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania|Perry Township]],<ref name="auto1"></ref> at the time part of [[Union County, Pennsylvania|Union County]].<ref></ref> While living there he continued to farm and teach.<ref name="Wertkin2004"/> The Portzline family cemetery, containing the artist's grave, still exists in Perry Township.<ref name="auto1"/>
As an artist Portzline is remembered today for a handful of baptismal records for children in the neighborhood, distinguished by their border designs of brightly-colored animals. His work incorporates both [[German language|German]] and [[English language|English]]. Several pieces, primarily certificates for his own children, are known to survive.<ref name="Wertkin2004"/> Six of his pieces are held by the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]];<ref></ref> other collections holding examples of his work include those of the [[Winterthur Museum]], which owns three works;<ref></ref> the [[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum]], which owns two;<ref name="auto">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and the [[Free Library of Philadelphia]], which owns one,<ref name="auto"/> as does the [[Hood Museum of Art]] at [[Dartmouth College]].<ref></ref> He was among the folk artists featured in an exhibit at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in 1932 and 1933.<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1771 births]]
[[Category:1857 deaths]]
[[Category:American male painters]]
[[Category:19th-century American painters]]
[[Category:People from York County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:People from Snyder County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Painters from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Fraktur artists]]
[[Category:People from Solingen]]
[[Category:German emigrants to the United States]]
April 04, 2019 at 11:08AM
