Sketches from the Masters find a home in Fayetteville, Pa.
It amazed Eliot Gminder when he saw the drawings from some of the most famous artists in history on display at the Harrisburg Area Community College in 2010. The exhibit showed about a dozen drawings from artists like Dali, Picasso, and Manet. These are rare drawings and lithographs. They are genuine and they are Gminder’s. Gminder is a part-time instructor at the HACC Gettysburg campus. He noticed that the campus featured rotating art exhibits in the gallery hallway. Though he wasn’t an artist himself, Gminder thought he had some drawings and lithographs that the college might be interested in showing. “My wife and her brothers were all artists so I developed an appreciation for it,” Gminder said. “My contribution to the family is that I collect fine art.” He has 19 pieces in his collection mostly from French Impressionists, though Read more…