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Will Shuster

William Howard Shuster Jr. (1893–1969) was an American painter, sculptor and teacher.

Youth

six hooded figures walk rightwards bathed in a dim yellow light from an unseen source
The Eve of Saint Francis, 1922

Shuster was born November 26, 1893, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the second of three children.[1]

He served in the U.S. Army during World War I in France, where he developed tuberculosis after being gassed.[2] He would receive a disability pension thereafter.

New Mexico

hilly, snowy landscape in muted blues, whites, greys and browns
New Mexico Snow Country, 1921

In 1920, Shuster moved to New Mexico[3] to improve his health and became friends with the small but growing arts community. Shuster made money doing ironwork and painting to supplement the pension.[4] In 1921, he became a member of Los Cinco Pintores ("the five painters"), and showed throughout Santa Fe and the rest of the country with the group.

Oeuvre

portrait of a man with arms crossed holding a pipe in the left hand
Portrait of John Sloan, 1928

His artwork is in the permanent collections of the Stark Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Delaware Art Museum, Newark Museum, and New Mexico Museum of Art.[5]

Notes and references

  1. ^ John Sloan ~ Will Shuster: A Santa Fe Friendship. Santa Fe, NM: The Peters Corporation. 1993. ISBN 0935037497.
  2. ^ Dispenza, Joseph & Louise Turner (1989). Will Shuster: A Santa Fe Legend. Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0890131988.
  3. ^ "Oral history interview with Will Shuster". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  4. ^ Robertson, Edna (1975). Los Cinco Pintores. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0890130809.
  5. ^ Lewandowski, Stacia (2011). Light, Landscape and the Creative Quest : Early Artists of Santa Fe. New Mexico: Salska Arts. p. 144. ISBN 9780615469171.
  6. ^ "Untitled (Deer Dance)". 1949.

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