Albert Hirschfeld Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Al Hirschfeld was born on June 21, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA as Albert Hirschfeld. He is known for his work on Fantasia/2000 (1999), Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) and The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996). He was married to Louise Kerz, Dolly Haas and Florence Ruth Hobby. He died on January 20, 2003 ...
His black & white caricatures with round and smooth line edges.
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[In 1937, criticizing Walt Disney's "Snow White"] "Snow White, with her full complement of fingers and fingernails, eyelashes, one-dimensional head, bare arms without solidity, and un-inventive neck, is an awkward automation. These awkward symbols do not articulate, and the lovely voice with which she is endowed only heightens the effect of a ventriloquist's dummy. The illusion created by a well-directed pen line is an art not to be confused with the gingerbread realities of Snow White".
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Everybody is creative, and everybody is talented. I just don't think everybody is disciplined. I think that's a rare commodity.
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Work to me is something you don't want to do, but you have to do it to live. But what I do, I would do whether anybody wanted it or didn't want it.
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When I started it, I didn't think anybody would notice. It was one of those family things, and after three or four weeks, I thought the joke had worn thin and I stopped it. And then the letters started coming in. I found myself spending more time answering mail than drawing, so I gave up and put it back in. And kept it in. - on hiding his daughter Nina's name into his work
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Hirschfeld drew for the last time on Saturday, January 18th, 2003. It was the beginning of a pencil sketch of all four Marx Brothers. It never got beyond the pencil stage - never inked. Hirschfeld's final drawing was a personal commission for Daniel Kinske an avid fan of both the Marx Brothers and Al Hirschfeld (cited in the New York Post, 21 January 2003.).
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 252-254. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
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Was heavily critical of early Disney animation for its pervasive realism. Years later, however, Disney would cite his drawings as inspiration in films like "Aladdin" and "Fantasia 2000."
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He was awarded the U.S. National Medal of Arts in 2002 from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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In 1975, he received a Special Tony Award "for 50 years of theatrical cartoons."
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Drew 37 covers for TV Guide.
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Because he was considered a living civic institution, Hirschfeld was officially designated a landmark in 1996 by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.
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Co-edited a satirical journal, Americana, with Alexander King in the early 1930s.
Daughter 'Nina Hirschfeld' was born on 20 October 1945. Finding the "Ninas" in his caricatures became an American ritual. The U.S. Department of Defense used his drawings in an exercise, blowing them up on a giant screen and giving 100 pilots 20 seconds to find the hidden "Ninas."
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To be caricatured by Hirschfeld was considered a milestone for an artist, a sign that he or she had made an indelible mark in their chosen field.
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The youngest of three brothers.
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Since his caricature of Harry Lauder appeared in the 29 January 1928 New York Times, Hirschfeld's work for the paper (an estimated 7,000 pieces) was done on a freelance basis; in 1990, the Times offered him a contract.
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CBS hired Hirschfeld to draw caricatures of the casts of its entire 1963 Fall schedule. His sketch of Lucille Ball (from "Lucy Show, The" (1962)) was later reproduced by the Museum of Broadcasting for its First Lady of Comedy tribute poster in 1984.
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His widow Louise and her late husband, Leo Kerz, were good friends of Hirschfeld and his late wife, Dolly.
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His first theatrical caricature (of Sacha Guitry) was published by the New York Herald Tribune in 1926.
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His father, Isaac, was a "house husband," staying home and caring for the children while Hirschfeld's mother, Rebecca, went out and supported the family.
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Hirschfeld called French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec a major influence on his work.
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On what would have been his 100th birthday - June 21, 2003 - the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway was renamed the Al Hirschfeld Theater.
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Famous caricaturist of Broadway and movie stars since the 1920s.
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rhapsody in Blue
2000
Short artistic consultant
Fantasia 2000
1999
artistic consultant - segment "Rhapsody in Blue"
Heroes of Comedy
1999
TV Series documentary caricature - 1 episode
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nothing But Trouble
1944
title designer - uncredited
Cabin in the Sky
1943
poster designer - uncredited
What - No Beer?
1933
title designer - uncredited
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Touched by an Angel
1997
TV Series
Al Hirschfield
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Al Hirschfeld (uncredited)
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bird of Steel!
special thanks filming
E1even Roses
2008
Short in memory of
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
2000
Video documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Broadway: The American Musical
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Documentary
Himself
60 Minutes
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself - Artist (segment "The Age Wave")
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
2000
Video documentary
Himself - Artist
Biography
1998-2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
American Masters
1991-1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
1996
Documentary
Himself
The 38th Annual Tony Awards
1984
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Brooks Atkinson Award
The 29th Annual Tony Awards
1975
TV Special
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2017
Documentary post-production
Himself
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
2012
Documentary
Himself - Artist
60 Minutes
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself - Artist (segment "The Age Wave")
Known for movies
Fantasia 2000 (1999) as Art Department
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) as Himself
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996) as Himself
The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984) as Himself - Winner: Brooks Atkinson Award
$950,000
