Name Mattie Lietz Died January 15, 1956 | ||
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Mathilda (Mattie) Lietz was a Midwestern painter. Lietz was born in Peoria, Illinois on (1893-07-21)July 21, 1893 and died on January 15, 1956(1956-01-15) (aged 62) in Grand Detour, Illinois.
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Early career
Lietz spent most of her career living in Peoria, Illinois where she worked as a painter and educator. She studied at Butler University in Irvington, Indiana and later attended The Art Institute of Chicago where she studied with Oberteuffer, John Thomas Nolf, George Elmer Browne, Frederick Milton Grant, and Henrik Asor Hansen.
Her primary notoriety came from the work she did as a regional Midwestern landscape water-colorist, but she did produce a sizable number of still life and figurative oil on canvas.
Associations
Her professional associations included:
Works
Some of Lietz’s works can be found at: