In conjunction with the exhibition The Einstein Salon and Innovators Gallery, the Historical Society is hosting the illustrator of the graphic novel Einstein, Anne Simon, at the Updike Farmstead museum, 354 Quaker Road, on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 5 p.m.
Corinne Maier and Simon’s graphic novel explores the life of the most influential physicist of all time. This biography features a caricature version of Einstein, who narrates and comments on the story of his life.
Simon will share the steps of her artistic process to create her “own” Einstein. Simon, who was born in 1980 in France, studied in the Beaux-Arts in Angoulême, and then in the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, one of the most prestigious art schools in France. In 2004, she received the “New Talent” prize at the Angoulême festival, and she released her first comic book Persephone in the Underworld in 2006.
In addition, at 4 p.m., a pre-talk conservation will be broadcast live on the official Albert Einstein Facebook page. The video will also be available online for later viewing.
The event is free, with book signing to follow. Labyrinth Books will be on site to sell copies of Einstein.
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Permanently on view on the first floor of the farmhouse at the Updike Farmstead, the Einstein Salon and Innovators Gallery celebrates the worldly and entrepreneurial spirit of the citizens of Princeton.
Photographs, documents and other interpretive material contextualize the captivating highlight pieces from HSP’s Einstein furniture collection, painting a comprehensive picture of Einstein’s time in Princeton from 1933 to 1955.
Visitors can expect an intimate and up-close encounter with furniture from Einstein’s home at 112 Mercer St., including Einstein’s writing desk—complete with ink spill—situated with Einstein’s favorite chair. The furniture provides a physical link to an extraordinary man and his journey out of an unsafe Europe.
For more information about the event or the exhibition, visit princetonhistory.org.
