Alex Colville, Canada's most famous painter - Limited Edition of 1 Photograph

In 1989, I travelled to meet Alex Colville in Wolfville Nova Scotia and do an informal portrait session outside a bookstore where he was signing publications dedicated to his artwork. Alex Colville (1920-2013) is possibly Canada’s most famous painter, he worked as an artist for the Canadian military during World War II, he also received international attention early in his career, including several gallery exhibitions in New-York in the 1950s and in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s. His works are in many major North American and European collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art and the Pompidou Art Centre in Paris. At a time when the art world was tilting toward abstraction and internationalism, Alex Colville remained an outsider, dedicated to figurative painting and to his native Canada, where he was revered and respected by many as ‘painter laureate.’ In his final decades, he collected a series of honours; most notably, he was named a Companion of the Order of Canada, a lifetime achievement award. In 2004 the famous art historian and author Martin Kemp called Alex Colville ‘the best Canadian artist of his time.’ Comparing Alex Colville to the English Romantic painter John Constable, he wrote, “He is a local painter in the sense that Constable was local, creating art that has to draw nourishment from scenes known intimately in order to find a wider truth.” This is a giclée print on 270 g/m weight, 100% cotton rag acid free digital fine art paper. Please also have a look at my website to view other projects and art works. robertduchesnay.com

Photography:Digital on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 24 H x 0 D in

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