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His caricatures were regularly drawings of pure line in black ink, for which he used a genuine crow quill. [6] Readers of The New York Times and other newspapers prior to the time they printed in color will be most familiar with the Hirschfeld drawings that are black ink on white illustration board.
Oct 24, 2013 · See 18 examples of Al Hirschfeld's drawings, the king of Broadway caricature, at The New York Public Library's exhibition "The Line King's Library". Learn about his distinctive style, his daughter Nina, and his legacy in the theater world.
Browse and buy artworks by Al Hirschfeld, one of the most influential caricaturists in history. See his black and white linear drawings of celebrities, musicians, and Broadway shows.
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Hirschfeld’s prolific career began very early. In 1920 he was hired as an errand boy for $4 a week at the art department of Goldwyn Pictures in New York City. He drew academic style portraits of the studio stars for his own amusement. Howard Dietz, then publicity director for the studio, found one of the discarded drawings in a wastebasket one nigh...
The progression to the world of caricature happened almost by accident. On a sojourn back to New York while living and working in Paris, Hirschfeld attended the American theater debut of French actor, Sacha Guitry. His companion admired his doodle of the performer so much that he asked Hirschfeld to translate it larger, onto paper, so that he could...
A few weeks after the end of World War II, Hirschfeld and his wife, the actress Dolly Haas, welcomed their only child, Nina, into the world. To celebrate her birth he incorporated her name into a drawing titled Nina, the Wonder Child, and, for his own amusement, began hiding her name among the lines of his Sunday drama page illustrations. Almost al...
Explore the legacy of Al Hirschfeld, the renowned caricaturist and theater artist, who captured the stars and shows of the American stage for over nine decades. See his drawings of Paul Robeson, José Ferrer, Sacha Guitry, and more, as well as his signature style and Nina's name.
Al Hirschfeld’s drawings stand as one of the most innovative efforts in establishing the visual language of modern art through caricature in the 20th century. A self described “characterist,” his signature work, defined by a linear calligraphic style, appeared in virtually every major publication of the last nine decades (including a 75 ...
May 26, 2015 · The amazingly long-lived Hirschfeld (1903–2003) was an endless font of iconic drawings of Broadway shows and stars, Hollywood movies and many other subjects. No one before (and no one since)...
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For newspapers, magazines, film studios, and theater producers, Hirschfeld created iconic images of celebrities and entertainments. He was there at the birth of television and captured its first half-century. In his vivid drawings, he recorded more popular music than any mp3, CD, LP, or wax cylinder ever did.
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