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Al Hirschfeld was born in St. Louis on the first day of summer, 1903. When he was eleven years old, an art teacher informed his mother, "There is nothing more we can teach him in St. Louis." The family moved forthwith to New York. Soon he was enrolled at the Art Student's League. Hirschfeld has never had to convince anyone that he's a genius; it has always been apparent. By the ripe old age of 17, while his contemporaries were learning how to sharpen pencils, Al Hirschfeld became an art director at Selznick Pictures. He held the position for about four years and then in 1924 he moved to Paris to work, lead the Bohemian life, and grow a beard. This he has retained - the beard, not the flat - for the past 68 years, presumably because you never know when your oil burner will go on the fritz. In 1943, Al Hirschfeld married one of Europe's most famous actresses, the late Dolly Haas. They were married for more than 50 years—in addition, they produced Nina. Nina is their daughter, and Hirschfeld has engaged in the "harmless insanity," as he calls it, of hiding her name at least once in each of his drawings. The number of NINAs concealed is shown by an Arabic numeral to the right of his signature. Generally, if no number is to be found, either NINA appears once or the drawing was executed before she was born. (Almost all of Hirschfeld's lithographs and etchings have NINAs hidden in them, but Hirschfeld makes the pursuit that much more difficult by omitting the number next to the signature.) In 2003, at the age of 101, Mr. Hirschfeld passed away leaving behind a wealth of his drawings depicting a huge percentage of the biggest stars in Hollywood and on Broadway. Mr. Hirschfeld has drawn the Beatles in a number of different timeframes during their careers and each of the Beatles on an individual basis. I am the proud owner of two of these drawings “Green Ringo” (which was given to me by my mother for my 25th birthday) and “Beatles 2000”. When I bought the “Beatles 2000” the gallery owner told me that I was probably the only person in the world that owned these two pictures. You can find quite a few of Mr. Hirschfeld’s Beatles drawings on this page, including my own two. If you would like to purchase one of these superb drawings or lithographs you can find them at www.AlHirschfeld.com which will take you to the Margo Feiden Galleies in New York. The Margo Feiden Gallery has been the Exclusive Representative (and only Authorized Agent) of Al Hirschfeld’s work since 1969. You can reach them through the website or by phone @ 212 677 5330.
Beatles Art & Beatles Artists
Beatles Artifacts
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