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The Line King: A profile of Al Hirschfeld, on the prolific characterist’s 115th birthday | It's Nice That Al Hirschfeld, Rhapsody In Blue, Birthday Illustration, Art Matters, Guys And Dolls, Big Art, Black And White Portraits, Caricatures, Art Galleries

Sitting in an old barber’s chair, on the fourth floor studio of his townhouse on East 95th Street, New York, caricaturist Al Hirschfeld does with a quill and ink what a barber would do with scissors and a comb. Leaning over a drafting table, he first looks over his sketches; pages cluttered with frantic-looking marks. On a new piece of paper, he begins to draw. Streamlining chaos into clarity, he snips away the inessential, leaving just a few lines. The result? Marilyn Monroe. Charlie…

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Jim Henson by Al Hirschfeld Hirschfeld Caricatures, It Comics, Al Hirschfeld, Larry Flynt, Norman Rockwell Paintings, Caricature Art, The Muppet Show, Caricature Artist, Classic Television

Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) was an artist famous for his caricatures of celebrities. Hirschfeld depicted luminaries of stage, screen, radio, and television for The New York Times and other publications for nearly seven decades. His work was noted for its linear quality ("the Hirschfeld line"), particular patterns of cross-hatching, condensing the subject's most prominent features, and the intertwining of the name "Nina" (Hirschfeld's daughter) into his drawings. To promote Sesame Street Season…

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