A lithographer and etcher, Ernest Fiene worked primarily in both New York City and Woodstock New York. He is best known for New York City views, and landscapes. Born in Germany, he emigrated to the United States in 1912, and studied a the National Academy at the Beaux-Arts Institute. In 1923, Fiene studied printmaking at the Art Students League of New York, and in the late 1920s in Paris. Fiene returned to the Art Students League in 1948, where he taught classes in painting and drawing. In 1952 he became a full Academician in the National Academy of Design, and served on the faculty of the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut during the 1950s. He died in Paris.