William Thomas Mathews, who spent much of his youth in Stark County and was known as "The Patiner of Presidents," was nearing the end of his life less than two weeks into the year of 1905 ...

Said one: “He really has the painter’s eye.” Serious art was the farthest thing from Emanuel’s mind when he took up the brush in 1943. At first, he toyed with the idea of merely smearing ...