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Thomas Nast

American cartoonist (1840–1902)

Thomas Nast
Albumen silver print of Nast by Napoleon Sarony, taken in Union Square, New York City
Born	(1840-09-26)September 26, 1840 Landau, Rhine Palatinate, Bavaria (present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Died	December 7, 1902(1902-12-07) (aged 62) Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Political party	Republican

Thomas Nast (; German:[nast]; September 26, 1840^[2] – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".^[3]

He was a sharp critic of "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany HallDemocratic Partypolitical machine. He created a modern version of Santa Claus (based on the traditional German figures of Saint Nicholas and Weihnachtsmann) and the political symbol of the elephant for the Republican Party (GOP). Contrary to popular belief, Nast did not create Uncle Sam (the male personification of the United States Federal Government), Columbia (the female personification

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Thomas Nasta Life in Cartoons

Nast becomes a consul to Ecuador | Nick Thorkelson

With Thomas Nast’s artistic career in decline, Pres. Theodore Roosevelt offered him the post of U.S. Consul at Guayaquil in Ecuador.

Image of painting, Lost cause: Lee waiting for Grant, courtesy Chicago History Museum, ICHi-066261.

Thomas Nast left Harper’s Weekly in 1887, frustrated by his shrinking editorial freedom. He tried to start his own magazine, but it failed, as had his investments in a Colorado silver mine and the financial firm of President Grant’s son, Ulysses, Jr., which ruined both Nast and the former president. Now nearing 60, Nast searched for a steadier income to support his family. He received sporadic magazine commissions and worked on a series of paintings about the Civil War, including one of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox.

When Theodore Roosevelt, who as a boy had enjoyed Nast’s cartoons, became president, he offered Nast a diplomatic post—a common way to reward party loyalists. Seeing no better prospects, Nast became

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Nast was born 30 September, 1840, in Landau, Bavaria. In 1846 his family immigrated to the United States, settling in New York City. Despite the wish of Nast's parents that he learn a practical trade, he was obsessed with drawing. His determination was rewarded when he was permitted to study under Theodore Kaufmann, a German émigré whose specialty was historical painting. He continued to develop his talent by entering the Academy of Design in 1853. Two years later, in 1855, Nast was hired as a staff artist for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. He also began contributing freelance work to both Harper's Weekly and the New York Illustrated News by 1858.

The first great success enjoyed by Nast as an artist came from his coverage of the Civil War for Harper's Weekly, which he began in 1862. Nast was able to time and again inspire and bolster the resolve of the war-weary North by his unprecedented ability to capture the concept of Unionism and imbibe it with a patriotic expediency. His skillful use of allegorical figures and images within a melodramatic fra