Sarah Yuster (born December 29, 1957) is an American painter.

Yuster studied painting at the High School of Art & Design,with Irwin Greenberg and Max Ginsburg prior to attending the School of Visual Arts, from which she received her fine arts degree.[1] Her teachers included Irwin Greenberg.[2] A resident of the West Brighton neighborhood of Staten Island,[3] she is noted for both her landscape painting and her portraits. She has also worked on a series of short films with photographer Michael McWeeney.[4][5] Married to musician Robert Mosci, she has two children, a son and daughter.[6]

Yuster has shown paintings at the National Academy of Design and the Biggs Museum of American Art, as well as at numerous galleries around New York City.[1] Her portrait[2] of Saul Bellow is owned by the National Portrait Gallery.[7] Her depiction of Neil DeGrasse Tyson is held by the National Air and Space Museum.[8] A portrait of E. O. Wilson which hung in Harvard University was donated to Wilson's alma mater University of Alabama, while Yale University owns a portrait of Coit Liles, commissioned by the Skull and Bones Society. Yuster's work is also in the collections of the Thai royal family and of numerous corporations.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sublett, John. "Staten Island Artists". Old Staten Island. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 Yuster, Sarah (9 June 2015). "That time I painted Saul Bellow". Forward. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Fressola, Michael J. (17 April 2018). "Review: Digging into Sarah Yuster's 'Native Soil' at the Newhouse". Stanton Island Live. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Bailey, Rob (17 January 2018). "Native Soil: Staten Island artist Sarah Yuster digs deep for Newhouse retrospective". Stanton Island Live. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Fressola, Michael J. (23 March 2014). "Staten Island artist Sarah Yuster on the power of social media & revisiting her signature work". Stanton Island Live. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Profile Registry: Sarah Yuster - Resume". National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Saul Bellow". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Neil DeGrasse Tyson Painting by Sarah Yuster". Saatchi Art. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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