Al Hirschfeld

Art is the greatest form of communication. American characterist, Al Hirschfeld, strove to communicate something about the personality of each of his subjects. He accomplished this through his passion for the pure line, painting in theaters and often in the dark. He once said a painting or drawing that doesn’t help the next fellow is of no use. Hirschfeld brought out the best in his subjects and I wanted to bring out the best of him, blending the variety of works in his collection. It was quite ironic to be creating this piece of a Broadway icon in NYC while Broadway had its longest shutdown in history during the Covid pandemic. I’ve always hidden words and messages into my art and was very inspired by how he hid his daughter’s name Nina in his pieces. I tried to do this justice by hiding a few of my own. When creating the artwork, I modified the page numbers to show the bookend years of his life, while keeping his usual black tone. I kept the NFT mostly in black and white, animating some of the designs within, surrounded by a neon, pulsing background.

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