Santa Claus and His Works | Cartoons | Thomas Nast
The centerpiece of Nast’s 1866 double-page, 20-vignette cartoon depicting Santa’s Workshop featured Moore’s elfin, fur-suited Santa standing on a chair to reach the stockings hung on the …
A Civil War Cartoonist Created the Modern Image of Santa Claus …
Dec 19, 2018 · And so, beginning with the January 1863 drawings, Nast began to immortalize the mythic figure of Santa Claus. In addition to repurposing the imagery of the Moore …
Santa Claus | Thomas Nast: Prince of Caricaturists
Thomas Nast “invented” the image popularly recognized as Santa Claus. Nast first drew Santa Claus for the 1862 Christmas season Harper’s Weekly cover and center-fold illustration to …
Thomas Nast: Learn About the Man Behind Santa Claus
Nov 23, 2021 · Learn how the familiar image of Santa Claus came to be, through the work of German-American illustrator Thomas Nast. Santa Claus represents one of the Christmas …
Thomas Nast Santa Claus — Origin of the Iconic Image
Jun 3, 2025 · Discover how Thomas Nast Santa Claus shaped the modern holiday icon through illustration, tradition, and political influence.
Thomas Nast - Wikipedia
In 1863, in the midst of the US Civil War, Nast published a picture of "Santa Claus" as a Union soldier holding a puppet of "Jeff" (Jefferson Davis) with a noose around its neck. This is …
Thomas Nast and the Making of the American Santa Claus
Nov 19, 2025 · Thomas Nast (1840-1902), the famed nineteenth-century political cartoonist, is largely responsible for shaping the modern American image of Santa Claus. Born in Germany, …
Meet Thomas Nast's Santa Claus | DailyArt Magazine | Art History
Dec 6, 2024 · Thomas Nast, Santa Claus in Camp (from Harper’s Weekly), January 1863, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA. The statement his January 1863 cartoon (s) …
Santa Claus and His Works - The New York Times Web Archive
Although other artists of the period sketched Santa Claus, Nast stands apart from the rest for his role in creating and popularizing the modern image of the Christmas figure.
Thomas Nast, Morristown NJ artist, invented modern Santa
Nov 21, 2025 · Many people have depicted Santa Claus. Many have described him. But only one person ever saw him face to face. Thomas Nast, the Morristown artist who gave us our …