Christian Warlich (5 January 1891 – 27 February 1964) was a Hamburg based tattooist who professionalised tattooing in Germany.

His grandson and Theodor Vetter, a close friend of the family, worked as a business tout for Warlich.

The Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte is planning to re-publish the Vorlagealbum, which was previously brought out by Stephan Oettermann.

[7] The Hamburg-based art historian Ole Wittmann was the head of the research project „Der Nachlass des Hamburger Tätowierers Christian Warlich (1891–1964)“ – also known as „Nachlass Warlich“ – which is carried out in cooperation with the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte.

A show that had already been declared dead was reanimated only a few days after the sudden lockdown and there was active participation of a community in the topic of tattoo history.

Ceramic artist Antony Natsoulas created this artwork for the special exhibition "Tattoo Legends.