Legendary caricaturist Hirschfeld dead

Associated Press ^ | January 20, 2003

[Timesink]

NEW YORK (AP) --Al Hirschfeld, whose graceful, fluid caricatures captured the essence of performers from Charlie Chaplin to Jerry Seinfeld, died Monday. He was 99.

Hirschfeld's work was collected in several books. "Hirschfeld's New York" featured the Algonquin Round Table on its cover.

[Timesink]

Sad ... I was hoping he'd make it to 100.

[Howlin]

He was profiled again not long about on 60 Minutes. Very sad.

[MeekOneGOP]

Here is the pic the Dallas Morning News included with their A/P write up...

AP Al Hirschfeld
1903-2003

[Huck]

He was profiled again not long about on 60 Minutes. Very sad.

I saw that. Interesting guy. I used to dream of being a New Yorker cartoonist. RIP Al Hirschfeld. Thanks for the memories. Maybe they'll hide some NINAs on his tombstone.

[petuniasevan]

Oh no! My favorite caricaturist of all!

RIP, Hirsch...

[billorites]

A brilliant draftsman. He had an uncanny sense of line.

[sarcasm]

No mention of his left-wing political cartoons from the 1930's - why am I not surprised.

[Arthur McGowan]

That drawing of the Round Table was the basis of a hilarious scene in an early Simpsons episode.

[Charles Martel]

One of my favorites:

[clamboat]

No mention of his left-wing political cartoons from the 1930's - why am I not surprised.

sarcasm proves again what a little petty pissant he his - why am I not surprised.

[Reagan Man]

[sarcasm]

Just telling the truth - you seem to have a problem with that.

[Fred Mertz]

In 1991, he received a unique tribute from the Postal Service, which for the first time put an artist's name on a booklet of stamps and allowed hidden writing on a stamp -- "NINA," of course.

As a child I'd try to find the NINAs in Hirschfeld's work after church on Sundays, usually in the NYT Magazine (I think). I'd do the same whenever I see his artwork to this day.

[Clemenza]

RIP Al Hirschfeld. Although he didn't live to see 100, he did survive the Tina Brown years.

[ThePythonicCow]

Hirschfeld's New York

The Algonquin Round Table, 1962
Seated around table counterclockwise from left to right are: Dorothy Parker, Robert Sherwood, George S. Kaufman, Edna Ferber, Franklin P. Adams, Frank Case [standing], Marc Connelly, Heywood Broun, Alexander Woollcott, and Robert Benchley. In the upper left are Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt, and Frank Crowninshield [standing].
Lithograph
Published in Horizon Magazine, July 1962
Collection of the artist
Photo courtesy of the artist

[SW6906]

Are we supposed to know who any of those people are (were)?

[snopercod]

Nice piece of work, regardless of his politics (if any).

[TBP]

I'm really sorry to hear this. I have a couple of Hirschfelds in the house. (They belonged to my parents.)

In each of his drawings, Hirschfeld placed the name of his daughter Nina somewhere. If you have one (even a copy of one), look for "NINA" inscribed somewhere. You may have to look hard -- he generally tried to "hide it."

[Brad’s Gramma]

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[lakey]

Young whippersnapper! Want to read funny, read Robert Benchley.