Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Great Al Hirschfeld

Toby Neighbors has put together another fantastic tribute to a mid-century illustrator - this time its the great Al Hirschfeld. Visit Toby's site, illostribute.com for an extensive biography of Hirschfeld, a nice selection of his art and, of course, a whole series of wonderful 'tribute' pieces by contemporary illustrators!

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All of today's images are © The Al Hirschfeld Foundation

More at illostribute.com

8 comments:

  1. It's always fun to look "Nina" in his drawings.

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  2. Hirschfeld = Pure greatness. There is nobody to compare him to, then, now, or ever.

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  3. Thank you for posting. It is always a joy to see Hirschfeld's work.

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  4. Life-long Hirschfeld devotee here. Will never be another like him. The man had one of the greatest dream jobs known to humankind.

    I have to say that that Elvis piece is probably his biggest miss. I have to assume it's because there wasn't a ton of photo ref' on E around in 1956.

    Almost all of those Collier pieces are brand new to my eyes. Huge thanks Leif.

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  5. David Leopold7:37 AM

    It is wonderful to see these. If you want to see more than 2,500 pieces by Hirschfeld, or look up nearly 10,000 of his works, you should check out www.alhirschfeldfoundation.org

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  6. Hirschfeld painting when finished with a turn can change any given space totally. With regards to home artistic creation, property holders regularly go the standard way anyway you wish to add some style and character to your home,

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