The Head of Christ, also called the Sallman Head, is a 1940 portrait painting of Jesus of Nazareth by Warner Sallman (1892–1968). As an extraordinarily successful work of Christian popular devotional art, [1] it had been reproduced over half a billion times …

“The Head of Christ”, also called the “Sallman Head”, is a 1940 portrait painting of Jesus of Nazareth by American artist Warner Sallman (1892–1968).

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 ...

Warner Sallman's Head of Christ has been reproduced more than 500 million times according to its publishers. The original work is preserved in the Warner Sallman Collection at Anderson University.

The Warner Sallman Collection at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana, contains about 200 original works by Warner Sallman, including Head of Christ, one of the most recognized images of Christ produced in the 20th century.

Apr 28, 2010 · Warner Sallman was the best-known Christian artist of the early twentieth century. Almost everyone has seen a reproduction of his Head of Christ. The yellow-brown picture with long flowing hair was an icon of the forties and fifties.

Mar 19, 2011 · Stephen Prothero, author of American Jesus, says that the wide dissemination of Sallman’s Head of Christ transformed Jesus from a celebrity into a national icon, making him now instantly recognizable by Americans of all races and religions.

Feb 8, 2016 · At the height of the global conflict in 1943, Sallman painted The Good Shepherd, picturing Jesus as a comforting presence based on Psalm 23 and John 10. Sallman went on to paint scores of canvases recounting countless stories from the life of Christ.

CHICAGO, IL (October 29, 2015) — This year marks the 75th anniversary of perhaps the most recognized and influential painting of the 20th century, the “Head of Christ,” by Covenanter Warner Sallman.A 1994 New York Times article titled “The Man Who Rendered Jesus for the Age of Duplication” declared,

Warner Sallman’s Head of Christ is, without doubt, the best known image of Jesus on the planet. Since the portrait first appeared in 1940, it has been reproduced around the world as often as a 500 million times on wall plaques, calendars, church bulletins, post cards, greeting cards, funeral cards, bookmarkers, book covers, coffee mugs ...