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Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist, best known for his simple black and white satirical portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he moved with his family to New York City, where he received his art training. In 1924 he traveled to Paris and London, where he studied painting, drawing and sculpture. When he returned to the United States, a friend showed one of his drawings to an editor at the New York Herald Tribune, which got him commissions for that newspaper and the New York Times.
Hirschfeld's art style is unique, and he is considered to be one of the most important figures in contemporary caricature, having influenced countless cartoonists. Hirschfeld's caricatures are almost always drawings of pure line, with simple black ink on white paper, with little to no shading or cross-hatching. His drawings always manage to capture a likeness using the minimum number of lines. Though his caricatures often exaggerate and distort the faces of his subjects, he is often described as being a fundamentally "nicer" caricaturist than many of his contemporaries, and being drawn by Hirschfeld was considered an honor more than an insult. Nonetheless he did face some complaints from his editors over the years; in a late-'90s interview with The Comics Journal, Hirschfeld recounted how one editor told him his drawings of Broadway's "beautiful people" looked like "a bunch of animals". Hirschfeld generally dismissed these complaints, and most observers would agree that time proved him right.
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Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. ~Al Hirschfeld
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Al Hirschfeld Could Catch Your Essence in Flight - A remembrance of the artist after his death, by Michael Kimmelmann. [New York Times; requires free registration.]
Al Hirschfeld Website - By Margo Feiden Galleries Ltd., the artist's exclusive representative. Includes biography, online gallery, links to museums where works are exhibited, and information about purchasing or licensing the drawings.
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Al Hirschfeld, 99, Dies; He Drew Broadway - New York Times obituary. [Requires free registration.]
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