Landscape painter and theater designer, Ernest Albert was born in 1857 in Brooklyn, NY. He was christened Ernest Albert Brown, but changed his name to Ernest Albert in 1879 in the interest of his profession.  

After attending both the Old Montague Art School and the Brooklyn Art School, Ernest Albert began his career in 1872 as a scenic painter and theater designer for the Brooklyn Theater.  His work grew in acclaim and over the next forty years he designed for numerous theaters in cities stretching from New York City to London and Montreal.  During his free time, he pursued his passion for landscape and still life painting, exhibiting in many highly reputed artists' associations and clubs throughout the United States. In 1909, allured by his enjoyment of fine art, Albert devoted himself completely to his noncommercial painting, leaving the theater. 

Albert was the founder of the American Society of Scenic Painters and was a member of many art associations including the New Canaan Society of Artists, the Chicago Society of Artists and the Grand Central Gallery.  During his lifetime, Albert exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association, the St. Louis Sketch Club, the New Canaan Society of Artists, the Highland Park Art Museum, and the Grand Central Art Gallery.  In 1941, he enjoyed a solo show at Rockefeller Center in New York City.  After his death in 1946, his popularity continued and he has been honored with several posthumous solo shows, the first in Boston in 1981.  

Art historians pay tribute to Ernest Albert for his lyrical impressionism, exhibited at its best in his emotive winter landscapes.