Lynn Surry Named President of Al Hirschfeld Foundation

2/24/2016 2:28pm


The Al Hirschfeld Foundation has announced that Lynn Surry has assumed the position of Foundation President. Surry began her association with the artist 30 years ago when she sold and marketed his work for more than 12 years. Hirschfeld and Surry became friends and even went to the theater together. She has been an Al Hirschfeld Foundation board member since 2011. Surry has been an associate of the late, noted Art Historian Dr. Arlene Raven, conducting artist studio and gallery tours for collectors for over 25 years, and serves on the Advisory Council for Artists in Residence at Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York. Surry succeeds theater historian Louise Kerz Hirschfeld, the artist's widow, who steps down after serving as one of the Foundation's founders and President since the artist's death in 2003. Louise Kerz Hirschfeld remains involved in a variety of new cultural projects in New York and Berlin. David Leopold continues to serve as Creative Director of The Al Hirschfeld Foundation. Press contact: Brett Oberman/Keith Sherman & Associates (212/764-7900)...