Ernst Huber trained as a lithographer and typesetter and also attended a course in ornamental drawing at the Kunstgewerbeschule. As a painter he was self-taught. His first exhibition in 1919 in the art community was a great success, which gave him great encouragement. He became a member of the Kunstschau and later also of the Secession and was in close contact with Dobrowksy, Ehrlich, Jungnickel, Kitt and Zülow, with whom he spent many summers in the Salzkammergut. In Huber's oeuvre, the native landscape is a focal point. It is the farmsteads in the Mühlviertel, the landscapes in Lower Austria or the small towns in the Salzkammergut that inspire him to come up with ever new variations on the same theme. In terms of landscape conception, his pictures are close to both Zülow and Dobrowsky. They represent the landscape changed by human hands and prefer rural nature, often filled with village life with the associated houses and people. His work, which is represented in numerous domestic and foreign museums, is part of the foundation of Austrian classical modern painting.