Artistic Evolution and Style Ernest Albert was a Flemish painter, draftsman, and watercolorist. His artistic training began at the Academy of Fine Arts in his birthplace, Berchem, where he studied under Jef Van der Veken from 1912 to 1918, and later at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts under the direction of Franz Courtens from 1918 to 1922. He also studied woodcarving with Eduard Pellens and drawing in the evening classes of Albert…