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{{short description|American painter, sculptor and teacher (1893–1969)}}

{{for|persons of a similar name|William Shuster (disambiguation)}}

{{infobox artist
| name = Will Shuster
| birth_name = William Howard Shuster Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|11|26}}
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|02|09|1893|11|26}}
| death_place = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Santa Fe National Cemetery]]<br>[[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], U.S.
| education = [[John French Sloan|John Sloan]]
| alma_mater = [[Drexel Institute]]
| known_for = Painting
| notable_works = [[Zozobra]]
| movement = Los Cinco Pintores
}}

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

== Youth ==

[[file:the Eve of Saint Francis.png|alt=six hooded figures walk rightwards bathed in a dim yellow light from an unseen source|thumb|upright=1.1|''The Eve of Saint Francis'', 1922]]

Shuster was born November 26, 1893, in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], as the second of three children.<ref>{{cite book|title=John Sloan ~ Will Shuster: A Santa Fe Friendship|year=1993|publisher=The Peters Corporation|location=Santa Fe, NM|isbn=0935037497}}</ref>

He served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] during [[World War I]] in France, where he developed tuberculosis after [[Mustard gas|being gassed]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dispenza|first=Joseph & Louise Turner|title=Will Shuster: A Santa Fe Legend|year=1989|publisher=Museum of New Mexico Press|location=Santa Fe, NM|isbn=0890131988}}</ref> He would receive a disability pension thereafter.

== New Mexico ==

[[file:New Mexico Snow Country.jpg|alt=hilly, snowy landscape in muted blues, whites, greys and browns|thumb|''New Mexico Snow Country'', 1921]]

In 1920, Shuster moved to [[New Mexico]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Oral history interview with Will Shuster|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-will-shuster-13208#transcript|publisher=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=16 January 2014}}</ref> to [[history of tuberculosis#Sanatorium movement|improve his health]] and became friends with the small but growing arts community. Shuster made money doing ironwork and painting to supplement the pension.<ref>{{cite book|last=Robertson|first=Edna|title=Los Cinco Pintores|year=1975|publisher=Museum of New Mexico Press|location=Santa Fe|isbn=0890130809}}</ref> In 1921, he became a member of [[Los Cinco Pintores]] ("the five painters"), and showed throughout [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] and the rest of the country with the group.

== Oeuvre ==

[[file:John Sloan by Will Shuster.jpg|alt=portrait of a man with arms crossed holding a pipe in the left hand|thumb|''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]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewandowski|first1=Stacia|title=Light, Landscape and the Creative Quest : Early Artists of Santa Fe|date=2011|publisher=Salska Arts|location=New Mexico|isbn=9780615469171|page=144}}</ref>

* undated — ''Senator [[Bronson M. Cutting|Bronson Cutting]]'' (bronze bust)
* undated — ''[[Awanyu|Avanyu]] 1''
* undated — ''Avanyu 2''
* undated — ''Prayer for the Hunt''
* undated — ''Portrait of Teresa Bakos''
* undated — ''40th Wedding Anniversary''
* 1921 — ''New Mexico Snow Country''
* October 1922 — ''The Eve of [[Francis of Assisi|Saint Francis]]''
* 1924 — [[Zozobra]], a giant puppet now burned every year in effigy, and symbolizing the gloom of the passing year.
* 1927 — ''New Mexico Mountain Scene''
* 1928 — ''Portrait of [[John Sloan]]''
* 1929 —''The [[Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico|Santo Domingo]] - Corn Dance''
* {{circa|1930}} — ''Trees at [[Cañoncito, Santa Fe County, New Mexico|Canyoncito]]''
* {{circa|1934}} — ''Eagle Dancer'' (study for ''The Voice of the Sky'')
* 1934 — ''[[Winnowing]] Wheat''
* May 28 - August 8, 1934 — ''The Voice of the Earth (The Basket Dance)''
* 1934 — ''Pottery Maker''
* May 28 - August 28, 1934 — ''The Voice of the Water (The Spring Flute Ceremony)''
* 1934 — ''Sermon at [[Cross of the Martyrs]]''
* 1935 — ''The Voice of [[Sipapu]] (The Kiva)''
* {{circa|1940}} — ''Sketchbook''
* September 14 - October 12, 1943 — ''The Voice of the Sky (The Eagle Dance)''
* 1949 — ''Untitled (Deer Dance)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.145591.html|title=Untitled (Deer Dance)|date=1949 }}</ref>
* 1952 — ''El Toro'', a symbol for the Santa Fe Rodeo.
* 1964 — ''[[Zozobra]] Mural''

== Notes and references ==

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== External links ==

* [http://sam.nmartmuseum.org/view/objects/asimages/People$0040343?t:state:flow=ea0953d2-53d5-44c0-81b3-bd22c9c7116d Will Shuster at New Mexico Museum of Art]

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[[category:20th-century American male artists]]
[[category:20th-century American painters]]
[[category:artists from Santa Fe, New Mexico]]
[[category:Drexel University alumni]]
[[category:Federal Art Project artists]]
[[category:Public Works of Art Project artists]]
[[category:United States Army personnel of World War I]]

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