Albert Servaes (Ghent, 4 april 1883 – Luzern, 19 april 1966) was a painter and is considered to be Belgium's first expressionist. In 1905 he moved to Sint-Martens-Latem where he established himself in a wooden shack. He was a deeply religious man who in his art like the already explored paths left.One of his favourite themes was the suffering of Jesus Christ. He belonged to the first group of Latem Schools. Because of sympathies that he harbored for the German culture politics during the national socialism he had to after the Second World War the district to take Switzerland.