The Studio of Ben Solowey in Bucks County, Pennsylvania is delighted to announce its latest exhibition of drawings and prints by the legendary Al Hirschfeld. The new exhibition at the Solowey Studio will include some of Hirschfeld’s most iconic works from the worlds of stage, screen and concert hall. “Hirschfeld and Solowey were contemporaries. Their theater drawings often ran side by side in the New York Times and Herald Tribune. Although their styles could not be more different as Solowey drew classic representational portraits in charcoal, and Hirschfeld produced his signature creations in ink, their approach to their subject was the same: they drew from life, visiting rehearsals or performances,” says David Leopold. "It is thrilling to reunite these artists again." This new exhibition, HIRSCHFELD: A Legend in Line will open to the public on Saturday, October 11th at the Solowey Studio in Ottsville, PA with a reception from 1 p.m...
Hirschfeld: A Legend in Line
Hirschfeld and Solowey Side by Side Again
October 10, 2025
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"When you visit the studio of Ben Solowey, you do more than see an exhibition, you enter an artist's world....The charm of [the Studio] is its sense of intimacy and immediacy. Nothing is under glass or roped; rather, it conveys the uncanny feeling that Solowey has just stepped away from his easel and will be back any minute. On a crisp fall day, you couldn't imagine wanting to be anywhere else."
The Philadelphia Inquirer
