Al Hirschfeld

Born 1903. Lived and studied art in New York as a teenager. Received his first art assignment at Samuel Goldwyn Studios. Selznick Pictures By 1921, became art director. Opened his own art studio, which ended in bankruptcy. 1925 Lived and worked in Paris for six months. Returned to New York, intending to have a career as a painter. December 26, 1926 His sketch of the actor Sacha Guitry was published in the New York Herald Tribune. Within two years, five New York newspapers, including the New York Times, were publishing his theatrical drawings. However, he continued to produce paintings, lithographs and political cartoons. 1930s The Sunday Times began to reproduce his drawings of actors, directors and... more.