The Santa That ART Created. Claus Gets a New Look!
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Just for fun. Merry Christmas everyone!
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This brought back my memories of Christmas in the 50s & 60s. Lots of relatives (many no longer with us) sitting at a big table with Santa name cards at each place sitting. They must have been illustrations by Sundblom.
I have always loved art like his and Norman Rockwell. Thank you for sharing I love knowing the history behind the art.
Wonderful! Some tidbits I had forgotten-thank you so much for sharing this ❤
Merry Christmas! This brought tears to my eyes. My mother would buy the little bottles of coke at Christmas. It was a huge treat. And I remember that sometimes she would share and sometimes the last one was all hers. But that was 60 years ago and it tasted different when it was bottled. Beautiful illustrations. Thank you for this wonderful card. Were the illustrations in gouache?
Wow Steve, that was awesome! Not sure how I missed this video but I'm super excited to look up someone who has thus far been overlooked in my research and self education of amazing artists ref work! Such iconic work, instantly recognizable! I can't believe I've never looked into him! So again I thank you for consistently helping me make myself better lol! I can't wait to let's see where this rabbit hole leads me, a very belated merry christmas my friend🙀😻🙀😻🎅
Thank you for the lovely little snippet of artistic depictions of Santa.
Awesome video. Thank you for all you do for us. Happy new year.
P.S. I have been told stories by local Chicago illustrators who worked in the same building with him. Evidently a real character with a proclivity for “strong” eggnog during his lunches…as many of this generation had 🥃🍸🍹
Really interesting, thank you!
Hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas. X
Thank you Steve, such a good idea to tell us about the story of Santa Claus and his illustrator! nowadays at least in Europe we have the Nutcracker I don't know why!!!...Anyway, all the best to you and your family for this new year 2024!
Thank you for this!🥰🎅
Merry Christmas 🎄
In my 50’s now, but Christmas is still magical. I would have it no other way.
Thank you for sharing the story of Santa with us. Merry Christmas and God Bless you and your family!
Merry Christmas Steve! This was a very enjoyable video as are all your videos. I really like that you remain true to your theme - watercolor & art - and also weave in fun and heartwarming stories. It's difficult to believe it's been 9 years since you started your channel - I think I have watched most if not all your videos :) A common quip in our house when searching for something to watch is "Let's see what mind of watercolor is doing." Your channel today is like an encyclopedia of practical watercolor techniques. For someone new to watercolor I would just advise going back and watching your old videos where you have shared so much knowledge. Best wishes for the New Year ahead. Thank you!
Thanks so much. What an encouraging comment!
Interesting, I wasnt aware. Thank you and Merry Christmas! ☃️
Thanks! Wonderful history!
Love this history lesson. Thx Steve!
Hi Steve, I actually do know a bit about Sundblom’s Santa because (drumroll) … I was the Producer on the Coca-Cola commercial that brought his paintings to life back in 2001. Many animation studios pitched on this job but we (the studio I worked at, at the time, Productions Pascal Blais, now Tonic DNA) were the ones who had Alexandre Petrov. You may know him for winning an Oscar for his film The Old Man And The Sea, painted under the camera with oils, and also produced by PPB. Petrov naturally has an inclination toward Rembrandt-like rendering; he painted with his fingertips and it was a joy to see him adapt to Sundblom’s style. The commercial itself was a rare (in those days) 60 seconds, and featured Santa and the two little children who leave him a note on the mantle shown here in your video. The commercial won a few awards, you can view it on RUclips. As talented as Petrov is, he and his cameraman Sergei are even lovelier people. I was so lucky to have able to work so closely with them.
Wow I guess I just burst in here with a giant memory 😅. I love your videos and always learn something. Thank you, and Happy Christmas 🎄!
Thanks. Very interesting!
Merry Christmas and a Safe, Healthy and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours!
A very Blessed and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Very nicely done sir! A brief but thorough overview of the iconography of the Santa image in illustration. Merry Christmas 🎄 🙏🏻🎅🏼
Hi Steve. Thank you so much for this awesome video. I never knew the story behind the Coca-Cola version of Santa Claus. Sundblom was a gifted illustrator. I wish you and your family a lovely Christmas and all the best for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024! 💖🎄
thank you Steve, Merry Christmas to you and your family
Many Christmas blessings to you and your family!
Thanks for the informative and interesting video. His use of lighting is spectacular!
Thank you for this unique Christmas message. I so enjoyed it. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! ❄️ 🎄
Thank you! I love the magic :-🎅
Thank you Steve, for sharing this awesome video. His great it is to get the back story on the artistic development of today’s Santa. His talent was amazing, the glow from this paintings is magical. Did he only Wirksworth in gouache or are there other materials involved?
Thank you for this delightful piece of information. And thank you for sharing your watercolor experience with us and for your ever inspiring videos! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas Steve! Sending love your way 🎉❤
Steve, very much enjoyed this video. Please give us more videos about artists and their history. You did an excellent narration job.
Merry Christmas and a healthy happy new year.
Merry Christmas, Steve!
Merry Christmas, great info and video!
Thank you. That was nice, and very informative. Have a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, Steve! 🎄
Merry Christmas to you and your family. 😊
Thank you for sharing this. Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Thank you for this. And, Merry Christmas to you and your family.
this is so fascinating ❤❤
Thank you for sharing this - it's a treasure trove of illustration! What a great collection of eye candy! I am guessing that most of us knew about artists such as Maxfield Parrish, but not Sundblom. What extraordinary talent he had. That's the kind of truly beautiful art that I wish we could see more of today, especially in children's books which now too often have illustrations that look dystopian and pale in comparison to what I grew up with. (After your Christmas gifts video I looked up the work of Charles Santore too)) I really enjoyed seeing these incredible works that brought magic to people's lives and I learned about Sundblom whose work I have seen over the years but never stopped to consider who was behind it.
🎄🎄Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, Steve, and your family and friends. 🎄🎄
We were just talking about Santa as a Christmas figure and now so many parents tell their children that there is no Santa. Im not sure what they are trying to save them from. I have do not have PTSD or whatever, from at some point knowing he was only a fairy tale. I think removing Santa is taking away the magic from the season and the children. We all need magical experiences
When my children were older and asking, I told them I believed in the spirit of Christmas, and the magic. I liked how people were more generous and friendlier, more generous.
I'm not sure about now, with inflation.
Merry Christmas Steve. What a great history of the art of Santa.
Very well done. Thank u for the reminder…I knew it was Coke advertising, but never knew the name or story of the illustrator. Hoping u & ur family have a blessed & wonderful Christmas 🎄
“For unto us a child is born , to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6
Loved this! ✨️ The Golden Age of Illustrators fed my love of art from childhood; I fell in love with the beautifully flowing art with descriptive details and sought out books with these illustrations, dreaming of a day when I could learn to paint. 😁
Thank you Steve for this and all you do for us. Happy Christmas to you and your family, see you in the new year!
Steve, thank you for this bit of inspiring history. Many blessings on you and yours.
Thank you Steve, for this fun history/illustration video. You always inspire me by showing joy as the first priority in creating. So grateful for the videos and for making me a better artist. Every Blessing to you and your family and every joy in 2024. Hugs from Canada.
Thanks for that trip through illustration memory lane! A great Christmas gift! Merry Christmas!
Thank you Steve for this rendition of historical Santa. Have a Merry Christmas to you and all the ones you love!🎉
Hi Steve...Trying to leave a comment. But no comment box is available except to leave a reply comment. Wanted to say we enjoyed this very much. Thank you for sharing. We hope yawl have a very Merry Christmas. God Bless.
Thank you for this! I loved the “Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight,” at the end. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🎄❄️☕️Here’s to more watercolor adventures in 2024!
This is the most special video I have seen so far this week about Christmas. Steve, thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Ahhh my favorite cola & image of Santa Claus 🎅🏼!! I have got some actual Christmas cards with some of his treasured paintings of the Jolly Old Elf! Thanks for sharing this wonderful tidbit of information about a wonderful illustrator or I should say illustrators from my childhood! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 Steve & Happy 2024 New Year!
Thanks for sharing, Steve! I didn't know the story behind all of this. Very interesting! I hope you have a Merry Christmas!
Hullo Steve, thanks for sharing this wonderful video and this excellent rendition of the modern Santa! Please take care and have a merry Christmas!
Thank you for this little bit of history - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎄🎅🥳☮️🕊️
Merry Christmas, Steve! This is a surprise and wonderful treat to learn about how our image of Santa came about. Even the Quaker Oats guy! Happy Holidays❤
So interesting Steve. A very merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
Merry Christmas to you and yours! Thanks for all the lessons and the encouragement to try!!
I appreciate hearing this story. Thank you, Steve, for sharing. A Merry Christmas and joyful New Year to you and your family ❤Pat
Haddon Sundbloms father was actually from Föglö in Åland, Finland and his mother from Sweden. But anyhow, Santa got his red coat from swedish anf fnnish gnomes, elfs a.k.a tomten (swedish), tonttu (finnish).
True on the father though he was Swedish speaking. Gnomes historically and traditionally were more likely to be clothed in gray, navy, brown or forest green. Same is true of St. Nicholas and/or Father Christmas. Red was seen on occasion but not consistently. Sundblom and Coke, established a more consistent and fanciful 20th century icon which included the red suit, boots, wide belt, fur trim and rotund physique.
Happy New Year! I keep seeing advertisements for duochrome or irridescent watercolors, but I didn't find where you have reviewed them. What are your thoughts and preferences? How lightfast are they, etc? Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us!
Because I don’t currently use them. Sorry.
Oh, thank God! I thought you were going to creep us out with the true origins of St Nicolas. Speaking of which, what ARE the true origins of St Nicolas? Why was he mean?
St Nicholas gives his name to December 6th. His legend differs in various cultures, but is always connected to the protection of youngsters.
In Russia he is associated with students and education, and his blessing is asked when there is an important exam to be sat. The Santa figure is known as Father Frost, who is accompanied by a rather attractive daughter called Snowflake.
According to legend in France, Nicholas resurrected three children that had been slaughtered by a butcher, and boys receive a card (sometimes accompanied by a gift of money, or a present) exhorting them to study hard and become a reliable provider for his family - girls get theirs on St Catherine's day, and the card tells them to become pretty and obedient housewives. The Santa figure is known as Father Christmas; and the two share the Dec 6 parade, one of those Roman Catholic miracles that allows a person to be One and Two at the same time.
According to Dutch tradition, St Nicholas lives in Spain (although also known as the bishop of a province in Turkey; his attire is that of an RC bishop) and distributes gifts to all children on the eve of his birthday, i.e. Dec 5. He comes to Holland approximately a month earlier, in a steamboat that is hardly sea-worthy. His helpers are not elves, but pages. It used to be customary for rulers on friendly terms to exchange their adolescent sons and have them be pages, minor assistants at court (this was a great insurance against mutual attack). Such exchanges between North-African and European rulers were not unheard of, and the image of a young black man in page attire was a beloved theme. This iconography was transferred to the helper-of-Nicholas role, possibly under the influence of the Christian Reconquest of Moorish Spain and Nicholas's Spanish abode. The helper's name is Peter, as indeed Petrus was the main assistant and confidant of Christ (his rock or πέτρες). Unfortunately, the mostly white inhabitants play the role of Peter not only by donning the page costume, but also adorning black-face and adopting black-voice, the broken Dutch of the black slaves of former Dutch colony Surinam (which the country obtained in exchange for New Amsterdam). Luckily, tradition also has Peter descending via the chimney to leave gifts (not in stockings but in shoes) and thus the black face has now been replaced by smears of soot, an image that is vehemently opposed by the anti-woke but which in fact dates back as far as the 1940s. The Santa figure is known as the Christmas man and his iconography has for many decades now been virtually identical to that of Coca Cola Santa. However, Santa arrives only after Nicholas has left, leaving the theoretical possibility of a costume change.
There is a punitive dimension to the Nicholas myth. Naughty children would receive coal instead of gifts, be beaten by the black helper, or be taken back to Spain in the now empty burlap bags in which the presents had been brought into the country. These horrors are underplayed and their only active exponent is Nicholas's Great Ledger of Who Has Been Naughty or Nice. One surmises that this book plays a role in clearing customs swiftly, as a beloved trope is for Nicholas to remind grown-ups that he still has their youthful transgressions written up.
The German tradition emphasises this punitive dimension (perhaps unsurprisingly to those of us who have met Germans). Instead of a host, Nicholas has a single assistant, the satanical Krampus. The Santa figure is predominantly the Coca Cola Santa nowadays, but more inherently Germanic traditions remain, such as the house gnomes who provide the presents, and who may be the basis for the elves in the US tradition.
A small correction: Sunblom actually attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
He attended the Chicago Art Institute also.
Didn't the original Santa have a green suit, and not so fat?
One version, yes. So many actually.
Thank you for sharing the story of Santa with us. Merry Christmas and God Bless you and your family!
Thanks steve, that was delightful and charming. Merry Christmas and blessings for the new year