Thomas Nast was a German-American political cartoonist from the late 19th century. He is credited with popularizing the political cartoons of the Democrat Donkey and the Republican Elephant. He’s also ...

I’ll bet most fans of editorial cartoons don’t even know who Thomas Nast was. As a young cartoonist in 1990s Iran, I discovered this German-born American genius and found myself captivated. If the ...

Thomas Nast's illustration "Santa Claus in Camp" made the jolly old elf a friend to the Union cause during the Civil War. (Image published with permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is ...

Re “Lalo Alcaraz’s La Cucaracha comic strip must go. It is blatantly political.” (May 9): Chicano artist Lalo Alcaraz is the parallel to U.S. political cartoonist Thomas Nast from the 1800s. Readers ...

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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 definitive image of Santa, saw him ...

When and why did the elephant become the symbol of the Republican Party and the donkey the symbol of the Democratic Party? Harper's Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with inventing the ...

I’ll bet most fans of editorial cartoons don’t even know who Thomas Nast was. As a young cartoonist in 1990s Iran, I discovered this German-born American genius and found myself captivated. If the ...

Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, convalescing last week from a painful mastoid operation, got a medal in her morning’s mail from the American Art Dealers Association “for conspicuous service to art in ...