Millard Sheets is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names with the biographical note: American muralist and teacher, 1907-1989. The record places his birth in California and death in Gualala. Getty classifies the person under these roles: designers, teachers, muralists (painters), painters (artists). The nationality terms attached to the record are American. Places of professional activity in the record include United States, Los Angeles (Los Angeles county), Claremont. The record carries 7 forms of the name and the identifier 500023740. In this atlas the person is linked as the creator of Word of Life (mural).
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Sheets, Millard (American muralist and teacher, 1907-1989)
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Born: California (United States) (state)
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Sheets, Millard (American muralist and teacher, 1907-1989)
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Word of Life, commonly referred to as Touchdown Jesus, is a 1964 mural by American artist Millard Sheets on the side of Hesburgh Library, on the University of Notre Dame campus in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States.
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