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ARTIST: Ernest Albert (New York, Connecticut, 1857 - 1946) TITLE: Breakers on a Rocky Shore MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Some small paint losses mostly along edges. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. ART SIZE: 40 x 50 inches / 101 x 127 cm FRAME SIZE: 46 x 56 inches / 116 x 142 cm SIGNATURE: lower right PROVENANCE: Auctioneer Freeman's, Date 2010-06-13, Lot 94 (sold for $4800) ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 133168 US SHIPPING: $369 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Ernest Albert was a distinguished theatrical andscenic designer who also became a landscape painter and muralist, working in New York, St. Louis, and Chicago. Albert was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1857, and showing early talent, he receivedthe Graham Art Medal at age 15 while studying at the Brooklyn ArtInstitute. Though he had some early success as a newspaper artist, hisintroduction to the theater world in 1877 began his career in stage design. He worked on many production sets, many that starred the most famous and best-known performers of the day. In 1879, he employed and befriended young Jules Guerin, who went on to become the Lincoln Memorial Muralist. From New York City, Albert went to St. Louisin 1880, and five years later to Chicago. In 1892, he became involved with the Chicago World's Colombian Exposition. While in Chicago, he helped found the American Society of Scenic Painters. In 1894. Albert returned to New York City, where, from then on, his work in scenic design was centered. His Albert Studios did the sets for many successful productions. He also continued to paint when hehad the time. At the pinnacle of his career in 1905, he devoted most of his considerable talent and energy to his landscapes. Albert's landscapes, painted mostly in Old Lyme, Connecticut and later on Mohegan Island, Maine is simple in composition but subtle in effect. His impressionistic rendering of color and light imbue his quiet country scenes with all the magic of themoment. The gentle strength of these pictures and of his still life’s ensured their popularity and earned him a place as one of America's respected artists. Ernest Albert died in 1946, at the home of his daughter in New York where he had resided for many years.