Talk:Al Hirschfeld

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Is there a public link to his stamp images or other examples of his artwork?

Fair use rationale for Image:Hirschfeldbookcover.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If I recall correctly...

Al Hirschfeld was actually in the middle of drawing a portrait - who? I can't remember - when he died in his sleep. Does anyone know what happened to that piece or who it was for? - Alan 24.184.184.177 (talk) 14:57, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nina

"Spiraled out of control"? Isn't this a bit too dramatic? Maybe something like "...but locating Nina's name in the drawings became extremely popular. From time to time Hirschfeld lamented that the gimmick had overshadowed his art and tried to discontinue the practice, but such attempts...." Kingsfold (talk) 11:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Did it. Kingsfold (talk) 15:19, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

At least in the UK, a hidden message discovered in a completed crossword is called a Nina after the Hirschfeld practice. Worth mentioning in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.44.50 (talk) 11:40, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Visual art needs to be seen

imagery with valid Fair use rationales are important parts of this article...Modernist (talk) 16:55, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hirschfeld Hirschfeld Hirschfeld...

It is not necessary to use a person's name every time they are mentioned. In fact, it becomes in fact pretty monotonous and, in fact, annoying. That, among other things, is what pronouns are for. I have just replaced fifteen occurrences of his name with "he", "him", or "his", leaving the first use of the name in each paragraph intact.--Thnidu (talk) 07:22, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Crossword mention

The May 24, 2020 version lacks a footnote A seen earlier (say, May 17 2020), mentioning the use of "nina" as a hidden word in a crossword puzzle. There was no citation given, so it's understandable to remove it. But I'm puzzled that the deletion does not seem to show up in the version comparison: is it a "feature" of version comparisons not to show changes to footnotes? Danchall (talk) 13:34, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Divorce

The article currently says Hirschfeld divorced his first wife in 1943; the Independent obituary says the marriage was dissolved in 1939.[1] Any way of clearing this up? Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 22:28, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Los Angeles Times obituary is consistent with what the article currently says [2]. Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 16:11, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]