There he studied under Luc-Olivier Merson, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens and met Cadwallader Washburn, Louis Vaillant, and Carolus-Duran.
[3] A muralist as well, Lichtenauer painted the ceiling of the Shubert Theater in New York City[4] and created murals for the Adelphi Theatre, and Washington Irving High School.
In some cases with a dense and pasty draft and with the use of the palette knife and an almost impressionist technique where color and light give life to the subjects represented.
His best known work is the decoration of the Shubert theater: a series of painted panels which adorn boxes, the area above proscenium arch and the ceiling.
The subjects represented are figures with masks of Minoan and renaissance inspiration and semi-nude females of allegorical meaning such as Music and Drama.