Albert Hirschfeld  (1903   -   2003)  Works

Albert Hirschfeld (1903 – 2003)

At the age of 12, Albert Hirschfeld, the famed caricaturist who depicted figures in the New York theater world, moved with his family from St. Louis to New York, where he studied at the Art Students League. He became the art director for David O. Selznick, the motion-picture producer, at 18 years of age. In 1924, Hirschfeld attended the Academie Julian in Paris where he studied painting, sculpture, and drawing.

Hirschfeld’s pen and ink drawings have appeared in The New York Times, Life Magazine, and TV Guide, among many other publications. After the birth of his daughter in 1945, Hirschfeld began to hide her name, Nina, in the line work of his drawings published in The New York Times. He has received 23 awards, including the National Medal of Arts in 2002 and a special Tony Award in 1984, and a theater in New York City was dedicated to him in 2003.

Photo Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.