Legendary caricaturist Hirschfeld dead

Associated Press ^ | January 20, 2003

[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.