Warner Elias Sallman (April 30, 1892 – May 25, 1968) was an American painter from Chicago best known for his works of Christian religious imagery. He also worked in commercial advertising, as well as in freelance illustration.[1] He is most associated with his portrait of Jesus, Head of Christ, of which more than 500 million copies have been sold.[2][3] In 1994, The New York Times wrote that he was likely to be voted the "best-known artist of the century".[4]
^Todd, Jesse T. "Warner Sallman's Head of Christ". Warner Sallman's Jesus. Drew University. Archived from the original on 2005-09-03. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
^Have You Seen This Man?, Art, Newsweek, July 2/July 9, 2007, p. 68 (The brief column replied to the title-question by saying "Probably, and looking exactly like this. Warner Sallman's 1940 oil painting The Head of Christ is believed to be the most reproduced religious work of art. ]It's been copied a billion times, if you include lamps, clocks and calendars.")
^Mehegan, David (2004-01-17). "Personal Jesus". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
^Grimes, William (12 October 1994). "The Man Who Rendered Jesus For the Age of Duplication". The New York Times. p. 13.
Warner Elias Sallman (April 30, 1892 – May 25, 1968) was an American painter from Chicago best known for his works of Christian religious imagery. He also...
of Christ, also called the Sallman Head, is a 1940 portrait painting of Jesus of Nazareth by American artist WarnerSallman (1892–1968). As an extraordinarily...
American Protestantism: The Art of WarnerSallman. Yale University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-300-06342-4. Sallman always insisted that his initial sketch...
International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches. In the 1920s, WarnerSallman created illustrations for the denominational magazine, Covenant Companion...
the American religious consciousness: the "Head of Christ" by artist WarnerSallman (1892-1968). Originally sketched in charcoal as a cover illustration...
office. One of those subjects was a famous painting Head of Christ by WarnerSallman. This work was protected and he was forced to stop painting his copies...
depicting him as white. The most widely reproduced image of Jesus is WarnerSallman's "Head of Christ" from 1940, which presents him with light eyes and...
Mongo language and partly in French. A print of the Head of Christ by WarnerSallman arrived at the Monieka mission in 1947, where it was used in religious...
College, Gardner College, Mid-America Christian University, Warner Pacific College, Warner University, and other schools. The school is mainly associated...
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