| Will Shuster | |
| Birth Name: | William Howard Shuster Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 26 November 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | 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.
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.[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.
alt=hilly, snowy landscape in muted blues, whites, greys and browns|thumb|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.
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.[5]