{"id":13108,"date":"2025-07-16T02:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T02:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13108\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T02:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T02:26:05","slug":"hirschfeld-strokes-of-genius-exhibition-set-for-the-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13108\/","title":{"rendered":"Hirschfeld: Strokes of Genius Exhibition Set for the Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHirschfeld: Strokes of Genius Exhibition Set for the Fall<\/p>\n

The work of the late caricaturist will be available online and at the Helicline Fine Art gallery.<\/p>\n

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Al Hirschfeld’s Phantom of the Opera “Journey” featuring Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford<\/p>\n

Helicline Fine Art will celebrate the artwork of Al Hirschfeld with a new exhibition,\u00a0Hirschfeld: Strokes of Genius, September 10-November 2.<\/p>\n

The exhibition\u2014including more than four dozen original drawings and lithographs (all signed and numbered) depicting Broadway, Hollywood, TV, and\u00a0music\u2014will be on display at HeliclineFineArt.com<\/a> and at Helicline’s\u00a0midtown Manhattan gallery by appointment.<\/p>\n

The work of Hirschfeld, who elevated simple caricature to interpretive expressionism, appeared in major publications for decades, including a 75-year relationship with The New York Times. The Tony-honored artist was well-known for capturing nearly every Broadway production and star who graced the New York stage for decades.<\/p>\n

Among the many\u00a0stars and iconic images featured in the exhibition:\u00a0Judy Garland<\/a>, Barbra Streisand<\/a>, Bette Midler<\/a>, Carol Channing<\/a>, Gwen Verdon<\/a>, Dinah Shore, Sidney Poitier, Abbott and Costello, Charlie Chaplin, I Love Lucy, Cher, Elvis, Frank\u00a0Sinatra, Fred Astaire<\/a> and Ginger Rogers<\/a>, Barry Manilow<\/a>, Beverly Sills, Bob Hope<\/a>, Bogart and Bacall, Humphrey Bogart<\/a>, Cabaret with Liza Minnelli<\/a> and Joel Grey<\/a>, Clint Eastwood, Duke Ellington<\/a>, Greta Garbo, Marx Brothers, Katharine Hepburn<\/a>, Jane Fonda<\/a>, Jay Leno, Laurel and Hardy, Lena Horne<\/a>, Looney Tunes, Mae West<\/a>, Marlene Deitrich, Mary Tyler Moore<\/a> and Dick Van Dyke<\/a>, Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable<\/a>,\u00a0The Phantom of the Opera<\/a>, Sammy Davis, Shirley MacLaine<\/a>, Stephen Sondheim<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cAl Hirschfeld holds a very special place in my heart,\u201d said gallery owner Keith Sherman<\/a> in a statement.
\n \u201cArt is a second business for me, as my primary work is running a Times
\n Square based PR firm. I represented Al for the last 15 years of his
\nlife and the Al Hirschfeld Foundation since it was formed more than two
\ndecades ago. I am over-the-moon excited about offering these classic
\nHirschfeld original drawings and lithographs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The upcoming exhibition coincides with The Al Hirschfeld Foundation\u2019s new book, Hirschfeld’s Sondheim<\/a>, which will be published by Harry Abrams Comic Arts September 9. This first volume in a series of oversized 11 x 14-inch Hirschfeld poster books contains more than 50 drawings of Sondheim\u00a0and his best-known works, including 25 full page images that can be removed and put on a wall.<\/p>\n

Al\u00a0Hirschfeld passed away January 20, 2003, at the age of 99 (read the complete Playbill obituary here<\/a>). The
\n Martin Beck Theatre was renamed the Al Hirschfeld Theatre the following
\n day, what would have been his 100th birthday. The Hirschfeld is
\ncurrently home of the Tony-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broadway News Hirschfeld: Strokes of Genius Exhibition Set for the Fall The work of the late caricaturist will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-13108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}