American, LA (1906-1983) 'OVER THE HILL' watercolor, framed signed: lower right, Chas. H. Reinike, 37 sight size: H14" W20" *Note: Native New Orleanian, Charles Reinike studied at the Gradhan School of Art in New Orleans and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. As a painter and printmaker, he exhibited locally at Delgado Museum (today the New Orleans Museum of Art) and Columbia University. The Louisiana State Museum in 1971 displayed a selection of Reinikeís watercolors of the Feliciana Parish and the Teche country from the 1930s and 1940s. An active member of the local art community, he was a member of the New Orleans Art League, the Southern States Art League, the New Orleans Art Association, and the Louisiana Society of Etchers. He was founder and director of the Reinike Academy of Art until it closed in 1944. During the summer months, Reinike and his wife, Vera, ran an art colony in St. Francisville, Louisiana.