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David Alexander Colville, known publicly as Alex Colville, was born on August 24th, 1920 in Toronto, Canada.
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In 1929, Alex Colville moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia.
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Colvilles graduated from Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B. with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He then enlisted in the Canadian Army.
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Alex Colville was married to Rhoda Wright from 1942 until her death in 2012.
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Alex Colville’s first son, Graham Alexander Colville, was born.
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Colville’s second son, John Harrower, is born.
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Colville began teaching at Mount Allison University in 1946, and resigned in 1963.
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Colville’s third son, Charles Wright Colville, is born.
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Colville’s first daughter, Ann Christian, is born.
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His first solo exhibition is held at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John.
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Solo exhibition Hewitt Gallery, New York
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Glazed tempera on hardboard
40.6 x 60.9 cm
The Thomson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario -
Glazed tempera
40 x 53.3 cm
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Gift of Dominion Foundries and Steel Ltd., 1957 -
Second one-man exhibition, Hewitt Gallery, New York
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Exhibitions at the Hart House Gallery and the Laing Galleries, both in Toronto
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Colville exhibits at the Banfer Gallery, New York; receives the Won Dunn International Award, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton.
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Commissioned by the Government of Canada to design coins commemorating Canada’s centennial year.
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Acrylic polymer emulsion on hardboard
60.9 x 91.4 cm
Collection National Gallery of Canada
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Represents Canada at the 33rd Venice Biennale; travelling exhibition of war paintings organized by the National Gallery of Canada; exhibition at Hart House, University of Toronto.
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Named an Officer in the Order of Canada; receives an honorary D.Litt. from Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
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For the span of about one year, Colville was a visiting artist at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
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Colville receives an honorary LLD from Mount Allison University.
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Exhibits at Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany; receives an honorary LLD from Dalhousie University, Halifax.
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Exhibits at Marlborough Fine Art, London, England.
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Visiting artist, Berliner Kunstlerprogramm, Berlin.
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Moves to Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Receives honorary degrees from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., and the University of Windsor, Ontario.
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Awarded Molson Prize (Canada Council); receives honorary D.Litt. from Acadia University, Wolfville.
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Exhibits at the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina.
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Exhibits at Gemeentemuseum in Arnhem, the Netherlands, the Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, and Fischer Fine Art, London, England.
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Designs medal for Governor General and Mrs. Jules Léger, exhibits at the Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto and Montreal.
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Acrylic polymer emulsion on hardboard
60 x 120 cm
Owens Art Gallery Mount Allison University, Sackville NB
Gift of Mr. Ross B. -
Brockington Lecturer at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; receives an honorary D.Litt. from Memorial University, St. John’s, NL.; traveling exhibition of war art organized by the Canadian War Museum.
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Colville was the Chancellor of Acadia University from 1981 until he resigned in 1991.
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Colville was named a Companion of the Order of Canada.
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The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, holds a retrospective that subsequently travels to six galleries in Canada and Germany.
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Exhibits in Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and London, England.
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Becomes a board member of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (until 1993); receives honorary LLD from the University of Calgary.
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Colville exhibits at the Drabinsky Gallery in Toronto.
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Appointed to the Privy Council; exhibits at the North Bay Arts Centre.
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Exhibition of drawings at the Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, which subsequently travels to five Canadian galleries.
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Exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal.
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Receives honorary degree from University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
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Acrylic polymer emulsion on hardboard
48 x 110.8 cm
Private collection, Canada -
Receives honorary degrees from Bishops University and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
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Exhibition, “Milestones” at the National Gallery of Canada to mark his 80th birthday. Subject of CBC “Life and Times”.
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2002 - Exhibits at the Mira Godard Gallery. 2004 - Exhibits at Mira Godard Gallery and Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton. 2007 - Exhibits at Mira Godard Gallery. 2010 - Exhibits at Mira Godard Gallery.
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Receives Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.
Named a member the Order of Nova Scotia. Exhibition “Alex Colville: Return” Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and travelling to five Canadian galleries. -
Artist and Car
Acrylic polymer emulsion on hardboard
26.7 x 42.3 cm
Private collection, Canada -
Alex Colville died at home on July 16th, 2013, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.