Warner Sallman

April 30, 1892 (age 75)

He created commercial advertising images and worked as a freelance illustrator. He is most associated with his portrait, Head of Christ of which more than 500 million copies have been sold. In 1994, the New York Times wrote he is likely to be voted the "best-known artist of the century". Warner Elias Sallman was the eldest of three children born to Elias Sallman and Christiane (Larson) Sallman who were immigrants from Finland and Sweden. He trained by apprenticing in local studios while attending the Chicago Art Institute at night. There he became a protégé of Walter Marshall Cluett, a newspaper illustrator noted for his work during the Spanish American War. He initially was affiliated with local studios until he opened his own. Lundbom, Jack R. Master Painter: Warner East. Sallman (Mercer University Press 1999) Peterson, Sylvia East and Warner Sallman Story of Sallman"s The Lord"s Supper (Kriebel & Bates/Prt by Warner Press 1950).

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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He created commercial advertising images and worked as a freelance illustrator. He is most associated with his portrait, Head of Christ of which more than 500 million copies have been sold. In 1994, the New York Times wrote he is likely to be voted the "best-known artist of the century".

Warner Elias Sallman was the eldest of three children born to Elias Sallman and Christiane (Larson) Sallman who were immigrants from Finland and Sweden.

He trained by apprenticing in local studios while attending the Chicago Art Institute at night. There he became a protégé of Walter Marshall Cluett, a newspaper illustrator noted for his work during the Spanish American War.

He initially was affiliated with local studios until he opened his own. Lundbom, Jack R. Master Painter: Warner East. Sallman (Mercer University Press 1999) Peterson, Sylvia East and Warner Sallman Story of Sallman"s The Lord"s Supper (Kriebel & Bates/Prt by Warner Press 1950).

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