Ernest Albert, Sr.
American (1857-1946)
Painter Ernest Albert was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1857 and received his artistic training at the Brooklyn Art School where he was awarded the Graham Art Medal in 1872 at the young age of 15. He began his career as a successful scenery painter, earning commissions from theater companies in New York City, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Montreal, and London among others. Then in 1909 he turned his talents to noncommercial painting full time, receiving widespread acclaim. During his career, Albert was active in numerous artist organizations. He was an Associate Member of the National Academy Design as well as being a life member of the National Arts Club in New York City. He was a founding member of the Allied Artists of America as well as the American Society of Scenic Painters (of which he later served as Vice President), and he was a member of the Salmagundi Club and the American Watercolor Society. He exhibited at such prestigious venues as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Salmagundi Club, the National Academy of Design, the Allied Artists of America, the St. Louis Sketch Club, the Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915, and the Grand Rapids Museum in Michigan where he exhibited with Abbott Graves as well as having a solo exhibition at the Rockefeller Center in New York City in 1941. In addition, since his death in 1946, the Vose Galleries in Boston have had several solo exhibitions of his work. AlbertÃs paintings are housed in both private and public collections throughout the United States.