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James Franck
Isenstein, Kurt Harald1963
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History
New York, United States
Head of Franck, turned toward the right. Titled printed in lower right. Signed and dated in lower left.
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- Title: James Franck
- Creator: Isenstein, Kurt Harald
- Creator Lifespan: 1898/1980
- Date Created: 1963
- Subject: Franck, James
- Repository: Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History
- Physical Dimensions: w27.2 x h41 cm
- Artist Biography: Kurt Harald Isenstein was born on August 13, 1898, in Hannover. Isenstein studied at the Academy of Arts on Berlin. He subsequently worked as an art teacher and a professional sculptor there, producing the bust of Albert Einstein in front of the Einstein Tower in Potsdam. Politically persecuted in Germany, he emigrated to Denmark in 1934 and to Sweden in 1943. He worked there as an artist and music teacher there and returned to Denmark in 1946, where he lived in Copenhagen until his death. Isenstein died in Copenhagen on February 3, 1980.;James Franck (26 August 1882 Â 21 May 1964) was a German Jewish physicist and Nobel laureate. In 1925, Franck received the Nobel Prize in Physics, mostly for his work in 1912-1914, which included the Franck-Hertz experiment, an important confirmation of the Bohr model of the atom. In 1933, after the Nazis came to power, Franck, being a Jew, decided to leave his post in Germany. He emigrated to the United Stats where he became involved in the Manhattan Project. Part of his work there involved the compilation of the Franck Report, finished on 11 June 1945, which recommended not to use the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities, based on the problems resulting from such a military application.
- Type: Lithograph
- Rights: This material may be used for personal, research, and educational purposes only. Any other use without prior authorization is prohibited. Please contact LBI librarians at lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org for further information.
- External Link: LBI Art Collection, Center for Jewish History
- Medium: Ink on paper
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