Lucie Lucille Hartrath, American, 1868 to 1962, oil painting on canvas depicting a forest river landscape. Signed lower left. Framed. Lucie Hartrath was born in Boston in 1868. She was considered by many to be one of the most talented artists in the Chicago area in the early 20th century and was well known for her impressionist landscapes. She spent her childhood in Cleveland, Ohio and attended finishing school in Chicago. She was a student of John Vanderpoel at the Art Institute of Chicago and in 1901 attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. That same year she exhibited at the Paris Salon and also in Berlin, Dusseldorf, and Munich. From 1902 to 1904 she headed the Rockford College art department in Rockford, Illinois and then returned to Munich to study with Angelo Jank. In 1908 Hartrath established a studio in Chicago and began painting in Nashville, Indiana, which she first visited between 1908 and 1910. Like many Chicago painters, she rented a summer cabin there, and the Brown County hills were an excellent source for her landscape subjects. She exhibited widely in Chicago and Indiana, including the Chicago Municipal Art league and the Hoosier Salon, and was a founding member of the Chicago Womens Salon. American Fine Art, Landscape Oil Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.