Al hirschfeld

Al Hirschfeld ~ Marilyn Monroe

Sitting in an old barber’s chair, on the fourth floor studio of his townhouse on East 95th Street, New York, caricaturist Al Hirschfeld does with a quill and ink what a barber would do with scissors and a comb. Leaning over a drafting table, he first looks over his sketches; pages cluttered with frantic-looking marks. On a new piece of paper, he begins to draw. Streamlining chaos into clarity, he snips away the inessential, leaving just a few lines. The result? Marilyn Monroe. Charlie…

Jewel Spiegel Gallery has a collection of original etchings and lithographs numbered and signed by Al Hirschfeld. The collection consists of many Hollywood

The artist known as "The Line King" immortalized figures of the stage and screen

Al Hirschfeld ~ Lillian Gish in “The Trip To Bountiful”

Al Hirschfeld (1903 – 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his simple black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars. Hirschfeld’s art style is unique, and he is con…

Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) was an artist famous for his caricatures of celebrities. Hirschfeld depicted luminaries of stage, screen, radio, and television for The New York Times and other publications for nearly seven decades. His work was noted for its linear quality ("the Hirschfeld line"), particular patterns of cross-hatching, condensing the subject's most prominent features, and the intertwining of the name "Nina" (Hirschfeld's daughter) into his drawings. To promote Sesame Street Season…

A new exhibit at the New York Historical Society and a new book celebrate both the timeliness and the timelessness of the caricaturist's work.