Note from Mary McConnell Wiant. Will Shuster and my Mother, Nettie Gotthold McConnell, grew up together in Philadelphia. Their mothers were sisters; my grandmother was Mary Louise Steck. When Will... Read full biography
Note from Mary McConnell Wiant. Will Shuster and my Mother, Nettie Gotthold McConnell, grew up together in Philadelphia. Their mothers were sisters; my grandmother was Mary Louise Steck. When Will returned from WW1, having been gassed in Europe, his doctors told him if he wanted to live past six... Read full biography
Note from Mary McConnell Wiant. Will Shuster and my Mother, Nettie Gotthold McConnell, grew up together in Philadelphia. Their mothers were sisters; my grandmother was Mary Louise Steck. When Will returned from WW1, having been gassed in Europe, his doctors told him if he wanted to live past six months, he should move to the Southwest. He married his childhood sweetheart, Helen, in Philadelphia. His father a strict German, did not approve of his artistic plans for his career, nor did he approve... Read full biography
Note from Mary McConnell Wiant. Will Shuster and my Mother, Nettie Gotthold McConnell, grew up together in Philadelphia. Their mothers were sisters; my grandmother was Mary Louise Steck. When Will returned from WW1, having been gassed in Europe, his doctors told him if he wanted to live past six months, he should move to the Southwest. He married his childhood sweetheart, Helen, in Philadelphia. His father a strict German, did not approve of his artistic plans for his career, nor did he approve of his move to the West. Helen was so beautiful; she was very tan when last I saw them, during the 30's, with very dark hair arrange in the native American fashion. center part, bangs (I think) and braids on either side. She was very striking. I... Read full biography
Note from Mary McConnell Wiant. Will Shuster and my Mother, Nettie Gotthold McConnell, grew up together in Philadelphia. Their mothers were sisters; my grandmother was Mary Louise Steck. When Will returned from WW1, having been gassed in Europe, his doctors told him if he wanted to live past six months, he should move to the Southwest. He married his childhood sweetheart, Helen, in Philadelphia. His father a strict German, did not approve of his artistic plans for his career, nor did he approve of his move to the West. Helen was so beautiful; she was very tan when last I saw them, during the 30's, with very dark hair arrange in the native American fashion. center part, bangs (I think) and braids on either side. She was very striking. I believe that was their only trip East after settling in New Mexico. I remember seeing Will walk out of the back of our hou... Read full biography
Will Shuster - Artist Info
About Will Shuster: Books
Books & Publications (40)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Treasured Landscapes: National Park Service Art Collections Tell America's Stories (National Park Service)
2016
Bacharach, Joan (General Editor)
160 pages (color)
Light, Landscape and the Creative Quest: Early Artists of Santa Fe
2012
Lewandowski, Stacia
272 pages (color)
Santa Fe Art Colony: Gerald Peters Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Udall, Sharyn R; Julie Schimmel (Introduction)
127 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Serenading the Light: Painters of the Desert Southwest (Collection of Billy Schenck)
2003
Clemmer, David
120 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
Contested Terrain Myth and Meaning in Southwest Art
1996
Udall, Sharyn R
180 pages (color)
Treasures on New Mexico Trails Discover New Deal Art and Architecture
1995
Flynn, Kathryn A
320 pages (color)
Santa Fe Art
1993
Ellis, Simone
112 pages (color)
John Sloan-Will Shuster A Santa Fe Friendship
1993
Peters, Gerald
0 pages (color)
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
Artists of 20th Century New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts Collection
1992
Museum of Fine Arts
167 pages (color)
Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990
1991
Adams, Clinton
167 pages (color)
Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Will Shuster A Santa Fe Legend
1989
Dispenza, Joseph/Louise Turner
135 pages (color)
American Western Art
1989
Rockwell Museum
84 pages (color)
Santa Fe Art Colony 1900-1942 (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Udall, Sharyn R.
99 pages (color)
Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945 Paths to Taos and Santa Fe
1986
Eldredge, Charles/J Schimmel
218 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The American West The Modern Vision
1984
Broder, Patricia Janis
345 pages (color)
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
The Immortal Eight & Its Influenc (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Perlman, Bennard B
108 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection
1981
Eiteljorg, Harrison
172 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
Artists of the Canyons and Caminos, Santa Fe, the Early Years
1976
Robertson, Edna/Sarah Nestor
182 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Representative Art and Artists of New Mexico (Exhibition catalog)
1976
School of American Research
41 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Picturesque Images from Taos and Santa Fe (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Denver Art Museum
215 pages (color)
Handbook of the Collections Museum of Fine Arts
1974
New Mexico, Museum of Fine Art
192 pages (color)
Harmsen's Western Americana
1971
Harmsen, Dorothy
212 pages (color)
Taos and Santa Fe The Artists Environment 1882-1942
1963
Coke, Van Deren
168 pages (color)
Artists of Santa Fe: Their Works and Words
1959
Wenzell, C R
50 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index