Highly detailed 13.5 x 14.75 drypoint etching of Albert Einstein's face in a three-quarter turn, with his head slightly bowed, signed in the lower border in pencil by the subject, "Albert Einstein," and artist, "Julius C. Turner." The etching also carries Turner's facsimile signature inherent to the print: "JCT 1920." Matted to an overall size of 17.25 x 18.5. In fine condition.
Julius Collen Turner (1881–1948) was a German-Belgian painter and graphic artist born in Schivelbein in Pomerania. He received an academic training in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, among others from Woldemar Friedrich and Hans Meyer. Due to the increasingly deteriorating conditions in Germany, triggered by the Nazi regime, Collen migrated to Belgium in 1936. From 1940 to 1944, he was in two internment camps. His work mainly includes oil paintings and graphics, often commissioned portraits.
Einstein and Collen Turner were friends in Berlin, where the artist made several portraits of the genius. This portrayal has a lifelike quality to it, capturing Einstein in a moment of great thought—a striking rendering of one of the great minds of our time.
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