PORTRAIT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN

PORTRAIT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN 1929
Artist’s initials ant date (bottom left):, B/G, 19/29
Signed in Italics (bottom middle): Albert Einstein
Inv.N 827
In 1929 the world famous scientist Albert Einstein organized an exhibition of Boris Georgiev
art at the Schulte Gallery in Berlin. For the first time his portrait painted on the occasion of
Einstein’s 50th anniversary towards the end of 1928 was shown to the public. It was painted.
In 1929, upon Einstein’s request, the artist created two graphic jubilee prints of the portrait
printed in London and Berlin. The graphic portraits differ from each other in colour, signature, background, dating, hues and size. The Varna portrait of Einstein is one of the first
London prints. The image is on the whole page, the drawing is lineal, the forms are shaped
with dexterity of line. There are transparent light hues on the face using the lavi technique.
The portrait painting of Albert Einstein was on show at all of Boris Georgiev’s exhibitions together with the letter of the great scientist. In his publications the artist included some of
Einstein’s wonderful writing of a genius about his art:
Your art made me feel as if abiding those spheres, away from the earthly problems and suffering, where the soul can find tranquility and respite. We, the poor apparitions in the brief
cycle of birth and death, are engulfed by the nostalgia and the unattainable love towards
each other. Both the artist and the model feel that and you must be proud and joyous to
have conveyed that mission.