William Howard Shuster

William Howard Shuster Jr. (1893–1969) was an American artist. He was born November 26, 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the second of three children.[1] He served in the army during World War I in France where he developed tuberculosis from being gassed.[2] He moved to New Mexico in 1920[3] to improve his health, and became friends with the small but growing arts community. In 1921 he became a members of Los Cincos Pintores ("the five painters"), and showed throughout Santa Fe and the rest of the country as a group. In 1926 Shuster built and burned the first ever Zozobra, a giant puppet now burned every year in effigy, and symbolizing the gloom of the passing year. In addition to painting, Shuster received a disability pension and made money doing ironwork.[4] In 1952, he created El Toro, a symbol for the Santa Fe Rodeo. His artwork can be seen at the Brooklyn Museum, Delaware Art Center, Newark Museum, and New Mexico Museum of Art.

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.

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