Though he was not the first artist to create an image of Santa Claus for Coca-Cola advertising, Haddon Sundblom’s version became the standard for other Santa renditions and is the most-enduring and widespread depiction of the holiday icon to this day. Coca-Cola’s Santa artworks would change the world’s perception of the North Pole’s most-famous resident [...]
November 25, 2008
Categories: Coca-Cola Art, Coca-Cola Christmas, Coca-Cola Santa Claus . Tags: 'Coca-Cola', 'Coke', 20th Century, American Culture, Child, Children, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Coca-Cola Art, Elf, Haddon Sundblom, Love, Merry Christmas, North Pole, Reindeer, Santa, Santa Claus, Santa Claus History, Seasons Greetings, St. Nicholas, The Coca-Cola Company . Author: UltraVivid . Comments: 2 Comments
Guy Peellaert, a major European Pop artist, died last week. The Brussels-born artist Guy Peellaert was a painter, illustrator, graphic artist and photographer, whose work has been exhibited around the world. He made his debut as a theatre decorator and as a comic strip artist and was one of the first artists to embrace the [...]
November 22, 2008
Categories: Artist Spotlight, Coca-Cola Art . Tags: 'Coca-Cola', Illustration, Painting, Andy Warhol, Pop Art, Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, Coca-Cola Art, The Beatles, John Lennon, American Culture, Comics, Frank Sinatra, Guy Peellaert, Pravda, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Neil Young, Albert Einstein, Babe Ruth, David Bowie, Bill Clinton, Inhale, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Jimi Hendrix, Rock Dreams, Françoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan, Nik Cohn, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Peter Blake, Tina Turner, The Velvet Underground, Album Cover Art, Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Robert DeNiro, Taxi Driver, Paris Texas, Muhammad Ali . Author: UltraVivid . Comments: 6 Comments