Alex Colville (1920- )

• born on August 24 1920 in Toronto, Ontario
• moved with his family to Nova Scotia in 1929
• studied art at Mount Allison University, N.B. and on graduating in 1942 joined the Canadian Army and served in Europe as a member of the War Art program
• taught art and art history at Mount Allison University from 1946 to 1963 before devoting himself full-time to his painting and print-making
• designed a set of coins for Canada's Centenial in 1967
• made an Officer of the Order of Canada
• from 1981 to 1991 served as Chancellor of Acadia University, N.S.
• married Rhoda Wright in 1942
• they have three sons and a daughter and eight grand-children
• since 1973 they have lived in Wolfville, N.S. in the house, where Rhoda was born
• view his work

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