Ernest Albert, born Ernest Albert Brown, (August 15, 1857 – March 25, 1946) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, and scenic designer. He was a prolific scenic designer, first in St. Louis and Chicago and then on

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. He is considered a major American

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painter and was elected the first president of the Allied Artists of America in 1919.Fisher & Londré, p. 30

Early life and education

Ernest Albert was born in

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on August 15, 1857.Koke, p. 2 His birth name was Ernest Albert Brown, but as an artist he was known as Ernest Albert. His parents were Daniel Webster Brown and Harriet Dunn ( Smith ) Brown.Derby & White, p. 137 His father was a clothing retailer. At the age of 15 he began studies with at the Montague Art School with John Barnard Whittaker (1836–1926). He concurrently studied at the Brooklyn Art Institute as a teenager.Baekeland, p. 72 While a student at those schools, he won the Graham Art Medal at the age of 15. At the age of 16 he began an apprenticeship in scenic painting.

Early career in St. Louis and Chicago

In 1880 Albert moved to

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to take up a position as the resident art director and scenic designer at Pope's Theatre. One of the many productions he designed for at the theatre was for the premiere of Charles E. Verner's ''Eviction'' (1881). In 1883 he joined the design firm of Joe Toomey and Tom Noxon; at which point the firm became known as Noxon, Albert & Toomey. While St. Louis based, the design firm had a national presence and worked in other cities in the United States. Albert's initial work in the firm was as designer for the Grand Opera House and Olympia Theatre in St. Louis. After five years in St. Louis, Albert relocated to

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where he continued to work as a scenic designer and painter with Noxon, Albert & Toomey. In 1885 he was the resident scenic designer at the Grand Opera House, Chicago; and continued to design for this theatre in successive years while also designing for other Chicago playhouses like the Haymarket Theatre. He notably designed the interior of this latter theatre when it was built in 1887. In 1888 he redesigned the interior of the Grand Opera House when it was remodeled. In 1889 he had a major critical triumph at the Grand Opera House with his sets for the premiere of Clay M. Greene's '' Blue Beard, Jr.''; a production which toured nationally including stops at Boston's Tremont Theatre (1889) and

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(1890). In 1890 he designed sets for ''

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'' at the

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. Albert also designed for theaters in other cities with Noxon, Albert & Toomey such as

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, and St. Louis. He designed several sets for

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and

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's touring company in the mid to late 1880s; drawing particular praise from New York City and Boston critics for his designs for the

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plays ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 1890 he designed the sets for the West End revival of

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' ''The Dead Heart'' at the

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. He designed sets for two touring plays which starred the actor William H. Crane in the early 1890s: David D. Lloyd and

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's '' The Senator'' and Augustus Thomas's ''For Money''. Albert dissolved his partnership with Noxon and Toomey when he formed a new design firm, Albert, Grover & Burridge, with Walter Burridge and O.D. Grover in January 1892. In 1892 he participated in the planning of the

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; taking on the responsibility for choosing paint colors for the exposition's buildings. He was a founding member of the Chicago chapter of the American Society of Scenic Painters.

Later career

Albert returned to New York City, and began a prolific career as a scenic designer for

productions with

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's 1894 play ''

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''. He designed sets for more than 100 Broadway shows from 1894 through 1918; with his last work for the Broadway stage being the sets for ''

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'' (1918). He also continued to design for productions outside of New York. In 1899 he designed the sets for the theatre troop of the

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; including the play ''A Reign of Terror'' by playwright John J. McNally (1852–1931). In 1916 Albert moved to

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, and the last 30 years of his life were spent dedicated almost entirely to landscape painting; a pursuit he had begun earlier around the turn of the century. He participated in numerous exhibitions both nationally and internationally during his career. His artwork is included in the collections of the

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and the

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. Ernest Albert died on March 25, 1946, in

, at the age of 88.

Broadway set designs

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'' (premiere November 4, 1895, Casino Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere April 8, 1897, Casino Theatre) *'' The Belle of New York'' (premiere September 28, 1897, Casino Theatre; revived in 1900)Bloom, p. 90 *'' The White Heather'' (premiere November 22, 1897, Academy of Music) *''In Gay Paree'' (premiere March 20, 1899, Casino Theatre)Bloom, p. 363 *''

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'' (premiere April 24, 1899, New York Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere January 23, 1900, New York Theatre) *'' Sapho'' (premiere February 5, 1900,

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'' (premiere March 19, 1900, Casino Theatre) *''

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) *'' When Knighthood Was in Flower'' (premiere January 14, 1901,

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) *'' The Climbers'' (premiere January 21, 1901, Bijou Theatre) *''Vienna Life'' (premiere January 23, 1901, Broadway Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere June 24, 1901, Knickerbocker Theatre) *''The Liberty Belles'' (premiere September 30, 1901, Hoyt's Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere October 7, 1901, Herald Square Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere October 14, 1901, Casino Theatre)Brideson & Brideson, p. 441 *''The Silver Slipper'' (premiere October 27, 1902, Broadway Theatre) · *''

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'' (premiere December 29, 1902,

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) *''Mr. Bluebeard'' (premiere January 21, 1903, Knickerbocker Theatre) *''The Jewel of Asia'' (premiere February 16, 1903, Criterion Theatre) *''The Rogers Brothers in London'' (premiere September 7, 1903, Knickerbocker Theatre)Gänzl, p. 919 *''The Fisher Maiden'' (premiere October 5, 1903, Victoria Theatre) *'' Red Feather'' (premiere November 9, 1903, Lyric Theatre) *''Mam'selle Napoleon'' (premiere December 8, 1903, Knickerbocker Theatre) *'' The Virginian'' (premiere January 5, 1904,

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) *''The Man from China'' (premiere May 2, 1904, Majestic Theatre) *'' Higgledy-Piggledy'' (premiere October 20, 1904,

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'' (premiere October 31, 1904,

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) *''A China Doll'' (premiere, November 19, 1904, Majestic Theatre) *''The Usurper'' (premiere, November 28, 1904, Knickerbocker Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere Sep 4, 1905,

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) *'' Happyland'' (premiere October 2, 1905, Lyric Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere, November 4, 1905, Casino Theatre)Dietz, p. 331 *''

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'' (premiere December 25, 1905, Liberty Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere January 1, 1906, New Amsterdam Theatre)Bloom, p. 338 *''Twiddle-Twaddle'' (premiere January 1, 1906, Weber's Music Hall) *''

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'' (premiere January 9, 1906, Herald Square Theatre) *''Happy Hooligan's Trip Around the World'' (premiere January 22, 1906,

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'' (premiere February 5, 1906, Murray Hill Theatre)Dietz, p. 346 *'' Gallops'' (premiere February 12, 1906,

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) *''George Washington, Jr.'' (premiere February 12, 1906, Herald Square Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere February 20, 1906, Majestic Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere March 26, 1906, Liberty Theatre) *''The Free Lance'' (premiere Apr 16, 1906, New Amsterdam Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere October 29, 1906,

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) *'' The Blue Moon'' (premiere November 3, 1906, Casino Theatre) *''

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'' (premiered November 27, 1906,

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'' (premiere December 24, 1906, Weber's Music Hall) *''

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'' (premiere December 31, 1906, New Amsterdam Theatre) *''Princess Beggar'' (premiere January 7, 1907, Casino Theatre) *''The Girl and the Governor'' (premiere February 4, 1907, Manhattan Theatre) *'' The White Hen'' (premiere February 16, 1907, Casino Theatre) *''The Grand Mogul'' (premiere March 25, 1907, New Amsterdam Theatre) *''The Shoo-Fly Regiment'' (premiere June 3, 1907, Grand Opera House) *''The Rogers Brothers in Panama'' (premiere September 2, 1907, Broadway Theatre) *'' Hip! Hip! Hooray!'' (premiere October 10, 1907, Weber's Music Hall) *''The Soul Kiss'' (premiere January 28, 1908, New York Theatre) *''Fifty Miles from Boston'' (premiere February 3, 1908, Garrick Theatre) *''The Gay Musician'' (premiere May 18, 1908, Wallack's Theatre) *''Cohan and Harris Minstrels of 1908'' (premiere August 3, 1908, New York Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere August 31, 1908, Broadway Theatre)Dietz, p. 501 *''The Golden Butterfly'' (premiere October 12, 1908, Broadway Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere October 20, 1908, New Amsterdam Theatre) *'' Miss Innocence'' (premiere November 30, 1908, New York Theatre) *'' The Writing on the Wall'' (premiere April 26, 1909,

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) *''Cohan and Harris Minstrels of 1909'' (premiere August 16, 1909, New York Theatre) *''The Rose of Algeria'' (premiere September 20, 1909, Herald Square Theatre) *''The Man Who Owns Broadway'' (premiere October 11, 1909, New York Theatre) *'' The Silver Star'' (premiere November 1, 1909, New Amsterdam Theatre) *''

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'' (revival premiere, November 8, 1909, New Theatre) *''The Goddess of Liberty'' (premiere December 22, 1909, Weber's Music Hall) *''

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'' (premiere August 30, 1910, New Amsterdam Theatre) *'' The Inferior Sex'' (premiere October 17, 1910,

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) *''The Bachelor Belles'' (premiere November 7, 1910,

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) *''The Happiest Night of His Life'' (February 20, 1911, Criterion Theatre) *'' The Pink Lady'' (premiere March 13, 1911, New Amsterdam Theatre)Brideson & Brideson, p. 444 *'' Ziegfeld Follies of 1911'' (premiere June 26, 1911, Jardin de Paris) *'' Gypsy Love'' (premiere October 17, 1911, Globe Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere Nov 6, 1911, Astor Theatre) *'' Peggy'' (premiere December 7, 1911, Casino Theatre) *''

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'' (premiere March 11, 1912, Casino Theatre) *''

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'' (premiered April 11, 1912,

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)Brideson & Brideson, p. 445 *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1912'' (premiere October 21, 1912, Jardin de Paris) *''

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'' (premiere February 3, 1913, Knickerbocker Theatre) *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1913'' (premiere June 16, 1913, Jardin de Paris) *''

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'' (premiere December 29, 1913,

Longacre Theatre The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theater at 220 West 48th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1913, it was designed by Henry B. Herts and is named for Longacre Square, the former ...

) *''Papa's Darling'' (premiere November 2, 1914, New Amsterdam Theatre) *'' Hands Up'' (premiere July 22, 1915,

44th Street Theatre The 44th Street Theatre was a Broadway theater at 216 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Manhattan in New York City from 1912 to 1945. It was originally named Weber and Fields' Music Hall when it opened in November 1912 as a resident ve ...

) *'' Hip! Hip! Hooray!'' (premiere September 30, 1915,

New York Hippodrome The Hippodrome Theatre, also called the New York Hippodrome, was a theater located on Sixth Avenue between West 43rd and West 44th Streets in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The theater operated from 1905 to 1939 ...

) *'' The Big Show'' (premiere August 31, 1916, New York Hippodrome) *''

Jack O'Lantern A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the Halloween holiday. Its name comes ...

'' (premiere October 16, 1917, Globe Theatre) *''

'', (premiere October 19, 1918,

Greenwich Village Theatre Greenwich Village Theatre (GVT) was an arts venue in Greenwich Village, New York which opened in 1917 and closed for the last time in 1930. Herman Lee Meader was the architect and it was located in Sheridan Square at 4th Street and Seventh Av ...

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