Stefan Hirsch
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His work is in the collections of: Phillips Collection, The Whitney
Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn
Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, Dallas
Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, The Newark Museum and The
Corcoran Gallery.
At the time of his first one-man show in 1927 a critic for the New
York Sun was surprised Hirsch had not been given one before. His work
stood out when it was exhibited and was collected widely, this critic
wrote. He said it was modern but not revolutionary and its quality was
undisputed. Hirsch's subjects at this time were mainly buildings:
structures without human presence. Critics described his paintings as
cool, reserved, and somewhat aloof. The critic for the Sun said they
showed "a moment when everything stops. Their design was flat. The
colors were muted and harmonious with a "purity and clarity of color
like things painted on porcelain or silk."They possessed an
"intellectual austerity" but were nonetheless said to convey the
essential character of a scene.
Hirsch's drawing, House, of 1920 shows some influences of Cézanne and
the cubists in its juxtaposed panels and emphasis on the
two-dimensional surface of the paper. Its spare, geometric design was
typical of his style during this decade. His painting, Lower Manhattan,
of either 1920 or 1921, is one of his best known pieces. It possesses
the "essential flatness" of most of his output and shows his artistic
skill in its overall design, coloration and balanced tonal relation.
light surface dirt otherwise presents well