GalleryFallin's career has spanned work in
advertising,
Broadway theatre,
network television and, most notably, in print for publications such as
InStyle, the
Boston Herald, and the
Wall Street Journal. He considers legendary caricaturist
Al Hirschfeld as a major influence, and mimicked his style early in his career for the
Forbidden Broadway work. Other influences include the German "
degenerate" portrait artists of the 1920s,
Aubrey Beardsley,
Frank Gehry,
Eero Saarinen,
Richard Avedon,
Irving Penn, and
Dame Edna Everage.
Broadway Forbidden Broadway is a show that
satirizes musical theatre, and caricaturist
Al Hirschfeld’s work defined that genre early on. The producers of the show wanted Fallin's posters to resemble Hirschfeld's style to spoof his famous pen and ink drawings. The show's success meant Fallin's work was shown in
London,
Los Angeles,
Tokyo, and
Sydney. In 2009, Fallin completed work on the third London revival of "Forbidden Broadway", as well as illustrations for a new book on the lyrics from the show. In 2006, Fallin presented
Tony Award–winning
costume designer Alvin Colt with a portrait on his 90th birthday. Broadwayworld.com announced in September 2009 that Fallin would contribute to the site a sketch of a musical theater star each week. As of 2014, Fallin had contributed the artwork for eight of the twelve
Forbidden Broadway compact disc covers.
Print From 1987 to the mid 1990s, Fallin illustrated the cover of the ''
Boston Herald's Sunday arts section, creating clever caricatures of the leading movie, TV, theater, and pop music stars on the day. In 1994, he began doing illustrations of sports figures for the Wall Street Journal'', which led to him doing the
1994 Winter Olympics for the paper. He was subsequently asked to submit
caricatures for the lifestyle and business sections. After he submitted an unsolicited portrait of the recently deceased
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., he began work drawing famous citizens for their
obituaries.
Television Fallin has done caricatures for
Showtime and
CNBC.
Corporate Fallin was first hired by
American Express to sketch all of the company's vice presidents, which were to be projected behind them at a corporate banquet. and
BMG Records. == See also ==