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Karl Albert

Karl Albert (1911 - 2007) was active/lived in California, New Mexico / Italy.  Karl Albert is known for Landscape, seascape and Indian genre painting.

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Biography submitted by Nancy Moure (December 2022)

Albert, Karl Vernon (aka Vernon Karl Albert) (1911-2007) (Oro Grande / Victorville / Alhambra)

Karl Vernon Albert was born September 12, 1911 in Halstead, Kansas, to William Elwood Wood Albert and Anna Marie Babcock. At the age of 18 (in 1930) he was residing with his parents in Oro Grande, a few miles north of Victorville, Ca., in the Mojave desert. Although he had been painting desert scenes since the early 1930s, his main job was as postmaster of the town.

His art talent was “discovered” in 1937 when Dr. Jack Loop of the San Gabriel Artist’s Guild happened across some of his landscapes displayed at the Green Spot Annex in Victorville. Loop immediately arranged several one-man shows for Albert in the greater Los Angeles area. About 1940 Albert married, moved to Alhambra and took a job as an electronics engineer in Anaheim.

He also ramped up his painting and exhibiting. He was referred to as a “protégé of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4882 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Karl Albert

   Publications  Book References:  8
Magazine References:  2

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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Karl Albert
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Plein Air Magazine Karl Albert October 2005 Punteri, Diane Yes
Southwest Art Karl Albert March 1995 Runbeck, Kay Yes
8 Book References for Karl Albert
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
2002 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary 231 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Willoughby, Jim Painters of the Desert
(Exhibition catalog)
54 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1952 Ainsworth, Edward Widening Horizons: Painters of the Western Desert 97 No
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