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

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, from which she received her fine arts degree. Her teachers included Irwin Greenberg. A resident of the

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neighborhood of

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, she is noted for both her

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and her portraits. She has also worked on a series of short films with photographe
Michael McWeeney
Married to musicia
Robert Mosci
she has two children, a son and daughter. Yuster has shown paintings at the

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and the

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, as well as at numerous galleries around

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. Her portrait of

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is owned by the National Portrait Gallery. Her depiction of

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is held by the National Air and Space Museum. A portrait of

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which hung in

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was donated to Wilson's alma mater University of Alabama, while

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owns a portrait of Coit Liles, commissioned by the

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. Yuster's work is also in the collections of the

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and of numerous corporations.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuster, Sarah 1957 births Living people American portrait painters American landscape painters 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American women painters People from West New Brighton, Staten Island Painters from New York City High School of Art and Design alumni School of Visual Arts alumni