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, geometric shapes, and animals.
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
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