Warner Sallman

Warner Elias Sallman (1892-1968) 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. In 1994, The New York Times wrote that he was likely to be voted the "best-known artist of the century." 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. Sallman was a lifelong member of the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America (which was later renamed the Evangelical Covenant Church. More info at the Warner Sallman Collection at Anderson University, Anderson, IN, USA, see: https://anderson.edu/galleries/warner-sallman