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Yousuf Karsh
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) Einstein’s theories of relativity revolutionized modern scientific thought in the early twentieth century. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) and fled the Nazis in his native Germany, accepting an appointment to the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University (1933) for the rest of his life. Einstein’s name became equated with genius, but his long hair and German accent gave rise to popular notions of the nutty professor. Time called him “Person of the Century,” and Karsh thought he was “unfathomably profound.”
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Albert Einstein
1948
Object Type:
Photograph
Dimensions:
16 7/8 in. x 15 7/8 in. (42.86 cm x 40.32 cm)
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print on paper
Accession Number:
1996.0005.0003
Credit Line:
Gifted to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts by the artist in honor of Museum Director, Mark M. Johnson
Copyright:
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) Einstein’s theories of relativity revolutionized modern scientific thought in the early twentieth century. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) and fled the Nazis in his native Germany, accepting an appointment to the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University (1933) for the rest of his life. Einstein’s name became equated with genius, but his long hair and German accent gave rise to popular notions of the nutty professor. Time called him “Person of the Century,” and Karsh thought he was “unfathomably profound.”
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