The Albert Einstein Memorial is a monumental bronze statue by sculptor Robert Berks, depicting Albert Einstein seated with manuscript papers in hand. It is located in central Washington, D.C., United States, in a grove of trees at the southwest corner of the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences at 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W., near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Two replicas exist at ...

The sculptor, Robert Berks, known for his portrait busts (John F. Kennedy at Washington's Kennedy Center), based the work on a bust of Einstein he sculpted from life in 1953. Landscape architect James A. Van Sweden designed the monument landscaping.

2016年10月20日 · The statue is triple-sized, cast in bronze, and oh so inviting to sit on. Created by sculptor Robert Berks, the head is modeled on a bust that the artist sculpted at the scientist’s home in ...

The Albert Einstein Memorial is an over-life sized bronze statue by sculptor Robert Berks depicting Albert Einstein seated with manuscript papers in hand. The memorial, located on the southwest corner of National Academy of Sciences, was unveiled April 22, 1979 in honor of the centennial of Einstein’s birth. The bronze sculpture weighs approximately 4 tons […]

The Man Behind The Albert Einstein Memorial Alongside the Albert Einstein Memorial, Robert Berks is known for his iconic bust of President John F. Kennedy at the Kennedy Center and the Mary McLeod Bethune statue in Lincoln Park. Berks based the Einstein statue on a bust he sculpted of Einstein in 1953 at Einstein’s home in Princeton.

2024年5月20日 · Albert Einstein known for his massive contributions to the science community is immortalized with a 21-foot statue in Washington DC in front of the National Academy of Sciences. The Einstein Memorial features a large statue of Einstein holding a stack of papers in his left hand with his famous theory of relativity on it along with other scientific contributions.

2018年1月15日 · The statue’s sculptor, Robert Berks, has other works around DC, including a bust of John F. Kennedy at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial in Lincoln Park (in Capitol Hill). One of the odd details about this memorial is the giant reproduction of Einstein’s sandaled feet, bronze toenails and all.

From the top of its head to the tip of its feet, the Einstein figure measures 21 feet; it weighs 7,000 pounds. The statue was cast in bronze in 19 sections and then welded into its final form. Ten months and the assistance of a crew of 25 were needed for its completion.

The Albert Einstein Memorial is a monumental bronze statue by sculptor Robert Berks, depicting Albert Einstein seated with manuscript papers in hand. It is loca...

The grounds in front of the National Academy of Sciences feature DC’s most huggable monument: Robert Berks' bronze 1978 statue of Albert Einstein. The larger-than-life, sandal-shod, chubby bronze reclines on a bench, while little kids crawl all over him and frolic on a granite ‘star map’ dais depicting the heavens that his theories reshaped for humanity.