E. Spencer Schubert

E. Spencer Schubert (also known as E.S. Schubert) is an American artist and sculptor known for his busts and monumental sculpture. He has created monuments for a variety of cities, universities and private collections including three monumental sculptures of town founders in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the Sacred Heart of Jesus sculpture for Benedictine College and a sculpture of football coach Bill Snyder for Kansas State University.

Biography Schubert initially trained as a silversmith before becoming interested in sculpture while studying at the University of Kansas. When sculpting real persons, Schubert studies the personalities of his subjects to learn about the "undefinable things that have nothing to do with the length of his femur."

Career Schubert's busts for the Hall of Famous Missourians include sculptures of plaintiff Dred Scott, Negro league baseball coach Buck O'Neil, science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, country music singer Porter Wagoner and creator of the Missouri state flag Marie Oliver. The bust is on display in the Missouri State Capitol.

In 2013, Kansas State University unveiled Schubert's 1,800-pound bronze sculpture of football coach Bill Snyder, which stands at the entrance of Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. The university uses the statue to host endurance competitions in which students must touch the statue continuously for 31 hours.

Schubert's 2016 sculpture Sacred Heart of Jesus, created for Benedictine College, was modeled on the Shroud of Turin and depicts fourteen folds representing the Stations of the Cross.

In 2019, Schubert designed the three sculptures serving as the centerpiece of Gateway Park in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The statues were of local heroes Judge Isaac C. Parker, educator John Carnall, and Mother Superior Mary Teresa Farrell. That year, he also designed and produced a statue of William Webb for the Webb Institute in Glen Cove, New York. Spencer partnered with Ryan Holiday and The Daily Stoic on a bust of Marcus Aurelius.