Soon the New Year! Who are Santa?

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Сообщение от Cyril Syzransky

And notice that the painting something with Santa Claus very little of the genre, such as what a school trees with him or kindergarten matinees.

Indeed ... Santa Claus is a wonderful Yuri Vasnetsov: a fur-trees under the armpits, in the high-peaked cap, blue coat with "firm" Vasnetsov black background. Looks like the ice cream. Oil on cardboard, something the late 60's. Alas, no pictures.

But there is a great sotnikovsky, also from St. Petersburg "I saw on the forum
http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showthread.php?t=31635