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Gerald Garston


Gerald Drexler Garston (May 4, 1925 - April 5, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker who lived in Connecticut. Garston is known for his works of sports figures and mythical paintings of baseball.

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Education

  • Studied at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Student of painter/sculptor Karl Metzler, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Student of printer Louis Boucher and printmaker Harry Sternberg, Arts Student League, New York, New York
  • Student of Josef Albers, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

    • Exhibitions

    Gartson's exhibitions include numerous solo and group exhibitions at locations including New York, Boston, and Connecticut. His best-known work, "Pastime," which depicts a baseball player holding an American flag, was the centerpiece of "Diamonds are Forever," the Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibition of baseball art.

    Museum collections

  • DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
  • Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
  • Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut
  • William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

    • Publications

    A Monograph, The Art of Gerald Garston: A Good Life in Your Eyes with an essay by: Alicia Currier Kallay, Foreword by: Bud Collins was published in 2005

    References

    Gerald Garston Wikipedia
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