Things Go Better With Beer

Haddon Sundblom

Beer Belongs

1948~1956

For more Beer Belongs ads (especially the Gannam's) ~ Beer Belongs: Home Life in America Series

The Pause That Refreshes

Haddon Sundblom

Wine Advisory Board

1941~1943

1941-9 Wine Advisory Board LIFE Sep 15, 1941 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM

1941-10 Wine Advisory Board LIFE Oct 13, 1941 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM

1942-1 Wine Advisory Board LIFE Jan 26, 1942 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM

1942-3 Wine Advisory Board LIFE Mar 16, 1942 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM

1942-5 Wine Advisory Board LIFE May 11, 1942 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM 

1942-6 Wine Advisory Board LIFE Jul 13, 1942 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM

SUNNY!

1942-9 Wine Advisory Board LIFE Sep 21, 1942 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM

1942-11 Wine Advisory Board LIFE Nov 23, 1942 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM

1943-1 Wine Advisory Board LIFE Jan 4, 1943 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM

1943-3 Wine Advisory Board LIFE Mar 1, 1943 ~ Haddon SUNDBLOM

Sundblom Santa, 1974

Haddon H. Sundblom (1899-1976) 


Santa 


signed 'Sundblom' (lower right) 


oil on canvas 
18 x 20 in. (45.7 x 50.8 cm.) 

Provenance

Private collection, commissioned from the artist, 1974.

3 Maids-a-Milking?!?!

or: The Truth About Today's Refrigerators!

Today's refrigerators don't keep your milk from souring.

Gil Elvgren, G.E. ad 1941

The wise man has his milk fresh, hence the need for a milk-maid.

Andrew Loomis, Milk-maid

Haddon Sundblom, Milk-maid, demo c1940's

Though if all you want is better results…

Anders Zorn, Maria

…just drink your Ovaltine.

Gil Elvgren, Ovaltine ad 1945

Antonin Sterba 1875-1963

Antonin Sterba, portrait painter, first studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,

Antonin Sterba, Self Portrait 

and then in Paris, under Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant.

Life Study, Paris 1901 - Antonin Sterba

Sterba was a successful teacher at both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Chicago's American Academy of Art.

life class - American Academy of Art - 1924

Coca-Cola Santa's Haddon Sundblom, pin-up master Gil Elvgren, movie poster illustrator/western artist Howard Terpning, cowboy artist Tom Ryan, and magic realist Ivan Albright are some of his more notable students.

Gil Elvgren,  Sunkissed

figure study by Haddon Sundblom

Gil Elvgren - Check and Double Check

Gillette Elvgren -LIFE- Mr. Sterba

Life Drawing - American Art Academy

Antonin Sterba, Self Portrait 

Lady in White, c1930 - Antonin Sterba

Haddon Sundblom, Love Racquet

Haddon Sundblom,  Coca-Cola, 1959

Howard Terpning, Twas the Night Before Christmas

Howard Terpning also spent valuable time as a Sundblom assistant.

Howard Terpning, Pin

Haddon Sundblom - PinUp

More info can be gleaned from Illustration Magazine issue #'s 1, 26, 27 and also~ todaysinspiration.blogspot.com.