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{{short description|American painter}}
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'''Will Sparks''' (February 7, 1862 – March 31, 1937) was an American painter. He painted the adobe buildings of Spanish missions in California, Arizona and New Mexico, with a focus on colors and nocturnes.

==Early life==
Will Sparks was born on February 7, 1862, in St. Louis, Missouri.

==Career==
Sparks began his career in the art department of ''The Cincinnati Enquirer''. While he was in Paris, he sketched body parts for [[Louis Pasteur]].

Sparks painted the bluffs of Santa Catalina Island and the landscape of Niles Canyon as well old windmills in Mexico. He also did many nocturnes.

Sparks was a co-founder of the Hotel Del Monte Art Gallery in Monterey, California in 1907. Philanthropist Alma de Bretteville Spreckels owned 37 of his paintings.

==Personal life and death==
Sparks was married to Ethel Martin. He died at St Mary's Hospital in San Francisco on March 31, 1937.

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