Will Shuster

Will Shuster studied at Drexel University. Training under John Sloan is recorded. The recorded working language is English and Spanish. Residence is recorded at New Mexico. Works named in the authority record are Zozobra, The Eve of Saint Francis, New Mexico Snow Country, Portrait of John Sloan, Mountains and Desert and Untitled (Deer Dance). Work by Will Shuster is recorded in the collections of New Mexico Museum of Art, Stark Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Delaware Art Museum and The Newark Museum of Art.

• Name — Will Shuster • Birth Name — William Howard Shuster Jr. • Born — 26 November 1893 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Died — 9 February 1969 • Place of death — Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. • Resting Place — Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. • Education — John Sloan • Alma Mater — Drexel Institute • Known for — Painting • Notable Works — Zozobra • Movement — Los Cinco Pintores

• Illustration — The Eve of Saint Francis, 1922 Shuster was born November 26, 1893, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the second of three children. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I in France, where he developed tuberculosis after being gassed. He would receive a disability pension thereafter.

• Illustration — New Mexico Snow Country, 1921 In 1920, Shuster moved to New Mexico 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. 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.

Will Shuster is recorded as painter, ironworker, sculptor, teacher and etcher.