Jesus Is the Christ the Son of God
Howard Finster
American, 1916–2001
Details
Title
Jesus Is the Christ the Son of God
Artist/Maker
Howard Finster (American, 1916–2001)
Date
1985
Medium
Paint, Plexiglas, and plastic on wood
Dimensions
32 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches
Credit
T. Marshall Hahn Collection
Accession #
1997.73
Paradise Garden was the nucleus of Howard Finster’s evangelism—an enormous outpouring of creative effort. This assembled painting is one of the more than 45,000 works Finster created to spread his message of Christian salvation. He combined here several of his favorite techniques to capture his intense personal vision, including the use of reflective surfaces, embellishments melted into plastic with a wood-burning tool, and the image of Christ.