Alex Colville

[Canadian Magic Realist Painter, born in 1920]

• Also known as:	David Alexander Colville
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Original works by Alex Colville available for purchase at art galleries worldwide

Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Site developed for the 2000 exhibition Alex Colville: Milestones

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Numerous paintings and sketches

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario
Horse and Train

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick

Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
3 works online

Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Works related to Colville's work as a war artist during World War II

Virtual Museum of Canada
St. Croix Rider, 1997

Virtual Museum of Canada
Nudes on Shore plus a variety of WWII paintings

Pictures from Image Archives:

Wikimedia Commons Image Database
Photograph of the artist

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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Other Web Sites:

Colville's People
Book of poems inspired by the works of Alex Colville, along with Henri Rousseau and a few other artists

The Canada Council for the Arts
See "Examples of works" and also "Downloadable images"

Articles:

Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia
Biographical entry

Multimedia:

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
"Meet the Artist" series with video clips

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