Artist Peter Gstalder, Williamsport Pa

 

At the bar - Washington Square Bar and Grill - North Beach by Peter Gstalder, 1963
 Herb Caen and Stanton Delaplane and other personalities in the "Office". 

    Pete Gstalder Jr  was a 1943 graduate of Lycoming College with a major in art and social studies. For a period of two years he studied with four nationally-known artists in Gloucester, Massachusetts. 

The Birches, by Peter Gstadler

He taught art for 25 years and during the 1960’s and the 1970’s he was the owner and operator of 2 art studios and galleries. One was on Park Avenue and the other was located downtown on Pine Street in Williamsport. Active in art circles, he co-founded the Bald Eagle Art league in 1972. He was also the winner of many area and regional artwork awards. 

1958 Sailboat Harbor Original Watercolor Painting by Peter Gstalder

His paintings are displayed and exhibited in several local, permanent collections including Penn College and Lycoming College as well as other private collections in the area.

In 1962, the idea of a theatre came to fellow artists Dan Reinhold and Peter Gstalder as they walked through the abandoned dairy barn. Over the next year, through the herculean efforts of dozens of people, the dream became a reality when the Playhouse opened its doors in July 1963. The perfect gift for the Millbrook and the theatre lover."  https://millbrookplayhouse.org/millbrook-playhouse-the-book/

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F. Peter Gstalder; Accomplished Artist

F. Peter Gstalder, 75, of 1211 W. Mountain Ave., S. Williamsport, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at Williamsport Hospital. Born Oct. 5, 1925, in Williamsport, he was the son of Melvin & Carmen Cohick Gstalder. He was an Army veteran, having served in the European Theatre during W.W.II. He was a 1943 graduate of Lycoming College with a major in art and social studies. He was a teacher in the public schools for 3 years, taught Art classes for 25 years, and had 2 art galleries, Park Ave. and Pine St., in Williamsport in the 1960’s and 70’s. He was co-founder of the Bald Eagle Art league in 1972. He was the winner of many area and regional awards. He had 60 one-man shows. His artwork is in permanent collections at Penn College, Lycoming College, Lock Haven and Mansfield Universities, Millbrook Art Gallery and the Lycoming Historical Society. He is survived by a son, Peter Mike Gstalder, Montoursville; 3 grandchildren; 2 sisters, Mary Lou Brion, Bethlehem and Doris Kauffman, York. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, with the Rev. Daren K. Williams of Christ Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be private. Family will provide the flowers. Memorial contributions may be made to Lycoming College, Development Office, Art Department, 700 College Ave., Box 165, Williamsport, PA 17701. Kaufman Funeral Home, 2102 Northway Rd.