Ernest Albert was an influential American Painter, scenic designer, and muralist. Best known for his achievements in theatrical set design and landscape painting, he began his career as a newspaper illustrator and a stage designer before making significant contributions to both American theater and visual art. Albert was a true Connecticut landscape artist, devoted to depicting the different seasons in an Impressionist manner. Albert was part of just a handful of painters, native to Connecticut, and making up a very small but important movement in American Impressionism. Influenced by Japonsim, he probably felt the lure to compliment his landscape work with still lifes that afforded him the chance to paint more tightly and show off his technical abilities.