Famous People with the Sun In Cancer (Cancerian) (JUNE 21-JULY 22) June 365 BC - Alexander the Great June 21, 1903 - Albert "Al" Hirschfeld - A Jewish American Caricaturist - Best known for his simple black and white satirical portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars. He did commissions for New York Herald Tribune and The New York Times in 1924. Hirschfeld's art style is unique, and he is considered to be one of the most important figures in contemporary caricature, having influenced countless cartoonists. Hirschfeld's caricatures are almost always drawings of pure line with simple black ink on white paper with little to no shading or crosshatching. His drawings always manage to capture a likeness using the minimum number of lines. Though his caricatures often exaggerate and distort the faces of his subjects he is often described as being a fundamentally "nicer" caricaturist than many of his contemporaries, and being drawn by Hirschfeld w...
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