AL HIRSCHFELD was born in St. Louis in 1903, grew up in
New York City, and studied at the Art Students League. His work is
in the collections of many museums, among them the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Harvard Fogg
Museum. Hirschfeld died in 2003 at the age of ninety-nine.
DAVID LEOPOLD was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and
studied at the University of Pittsburgh. He has organized several
landmark exhibitions on a variety of aspects of Hirschfeld’s art,
among them Hirschfeld’s Hollywood for the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences. He lives near Philadelphia.
http://www.AlHirschfeldFoundation.org
Praise for Al Hirschfeld’s
THE HIRSCHFELD CENTURY
Edited and with text by David Leopold
“Gloriously illustrated . . . star-studded, anecdote-rich,
critically clarifying, and thoroughly enlightening.”
-Booklist (Starred Review)
“Lively . . . comprehensive . . . passionate . . . a
diverting study of a towering figure in 20th century
illustration.”
-Publishers Weekly
“Richly illustrated . . . An intelligent, carefully representative
look at Hirschfeld's work that ably shows why the artist deserves
to be remembered today.”
-Kirkus
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