Albert M. Barker: A Pennsylvania Landscape in Lithograph Born in the bustling city of Chicago in 1874, Albert M. Barker’s artistic journey took him far from the urban sprawl and into the heartland of America – specifically, the rolling hills and quiet farms of rural Pennsylvania. While his early life was marked by a brief stint in architecture, it was through a serendipitous encounter with lithography that Barker discovered his true calling: capturing the essence of the Pennsylvania landscape with remarkable detail and evocative atmosphere. This discovery fundamentally shaped his artistic pr…