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1920 Toronto, Ontario - 2013 Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Known for: Painting, printmaking, murals, teaching.
Alexander Colville (AKA: David Alexander Colville) is a painter, printmaker, muralist and educator who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He spent most of his early childhood in St.Catherines,... Read full biography
Alexander Colville (AKA: David Alexander Colville) is a painter, printmaker, muralist and educator who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He spent most of his early childhood in St.Catherines, Ontario. In 1929 his family moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia. In 1973 he moved to Wolfville, Nova Scotia... Read full biography
Alexander Colville (AKA: David Alexander Colville) is a painter, printmaker, muralist and educator who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He spent most of his early childhood in St.Catherines, Ontario. In 1929 his family moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia. In 1973 he moved to Wolfville, Nova Scotia (about 50 miles North) where he currently (2009) lives and works. His primary mediums, since 1963, are acrylic polymer emulsion and serigraph. He has also worked with glazed tempera, casein tempera,... Read full biography
Alexander Colville (AKA: David Alexander Colville) is a painter, printmaker, muralist and educator who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He spent most of his early childhood in St.Catherines, Ontario. In 1929 his family moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia. In 1973 he moved to Wolfville, Nova Scotia (about 50 miles North) where he currently (2009) lives and works. His primary mediums, since 1963, are acrylic polymer emulsion and serigraph. He has also worked with glazed tempera, casein tempera, glazed oil emulsion, oil on synthetic resin, egg tempera, ink, watercolour and felt tip pen. His subjects are his family, pets, animals, means of transportation, local landscape, nudes, symbolism, allegory, genre and (during World War II) war. His... Read full biography
Alexander Colville (AKA: David Alexander Colville) is a painter, printmaker, muralist and educator who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He spent most of his early childhood in St.Catherines, Ontario. In 1929 his family moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia. In 1973 he moved to Wolfville, Nova Scotia (about 50 miles North) where he currently (2009) lives and works. His primary mediums, since 1963, are acrylic polymer emulsion and serigraph. He has also worked with glazed tempera, casein tempera, glazed oil emulsion, oil on synthetic resin, egg tempera, ink, watercolour and felt tip pen. His subjects are his family, pets, animals, means of transportation, local landscape, nudes, symbolism, allegory, genre and (during World War II) war. His style is described as High Realism (1). It is meticulous, crisp and precisely composed. The ef... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Egg Tempera
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Resin
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Photo Realism, Hyperrealism, Super Realism
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Art Teacher
- •Stanley Royle
Awards/Recognition
- •Governor General's Award for Arts, Canada
- •Order of Canada, Elected Member
- •Order of Nova Scotia
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Postage Stamp Designer
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Sao Paulo Bienniale
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Canadian Group of Painters-
- •Canadian Society of Graphic Artists
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Edmonton Art Gallery/Art Gallery of Alberta
- •Fifteen Canadian Artists, Museum of Modern Art, 1963
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Exhibition of Special Group
- •The Work of Art: Six Artists, Canada