Leonard Bernstein

Al Hirschfeld

1958

Cartoon drawing of man with three heads and many hands reaching in different directions, the hands in center typing on a large typewriter, a hand to the left holding a conducting baton, another hand holding a phone, and a hand to the right holding a pen.
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Al Hirschfeld

1903–2003

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Al Hirschfeld was a renowned illustrator and caricaturist. Hirschfeld’s lifelong passion for the performing arts married his distinctive style with the vibrant personalities of New York’s theater scene. He was able to capture the character of his subjects with a simple line drawing. He recorded personalities as illustrious and diverse as Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Ernest Hemingway, Jerry Garcia, and Liza Minnelli, among many others, in a career spanning most of the twentieth century. Hirschfeld’s works were featured in several prominent publications including the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Rolling Stone. His portraits of Hollywood stars were also featured in several series of postage stamps in the United States.

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