John Willard "Will" Clawson (January 18, 1858 – April 6, 1936) was an American, Utah-based artist, in the late-19th and early 20th-century.

[2] He married Mary Clark in the LDS Church Endowment House shortly before his departure for New York City to study at the National Academy of Design.

[1] He then returned to Salt Lake City where he was primarily involved in portrait painting although he preferred doing landscapes.

In Los Angeles Clawson mainly painted portraits of movie and theatre stars, the later often coming from New York City.

[2] The Art Department of Brigham Young University holds a large collection of his works, totalling 155.