Warner Sallman

Warner Elias Sallman was an American painter from Chicago best known for his works of Christian religious imagery. He studied at the Carlson School of Art in Minneapolis and briefly at the Chicago Art Institute. He also worked in commercial advertising, as well as in freelance illustration. He is most associated with his portrait of Jesus, Head of Christ, of which more than 500 million copies have been sold. In 1994, The New York Times wrote that he was likely to be voted the "best-known artist of the century".