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Colville / edited by Andrew Hunter.

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Goose Lane Editions, 2014.

Colville, Alex, 1920- -- Exhibitions.

Colville, Alex, 1920- -- Appreciation.

Painting, Canadian.

9780864920171 (Goose Lane hc.)

9781894243759 (Art Gallery of Ontario edition)

[170] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Ontario from August 23, 2014 to January 2015, and at the National Gallery of Canada from April 24 to September 7, 2015.

Co-published by: Goose Lane Editions.

Opening photomontage / Andreas Shultz -- Foreword / Matthew Teitelbaum -- Foreword / Marc Mayer -- Introduction / Andrew Hunter --Welcome to Colville / Andrew Hunter -- Echoes -- Works -- List of works -- Colville comics / Dave Collier -- Closing photomontage / Andreas Shultz.

A book like no other. Designed to accompany an exhibition at the Art Gallery Ontario, Colville honours the iconic Canadian artist's legacy and explores the continuing impact of his work on film, literature, and music. Known for painting decidedly personal subject matter, Colville's painstakingly precise images depict an elusive tension, capturing moments perpetually on the edge of change and the unknown. Featuring more than 100 reproductions, this book contains works assembled from museums and private collections nationwide. Spanning the entirety of Colville's career, this work includes many works that have never been have never been reproduced before as well as his most iconic paintings, including Horse and Train, 1953; To Prince Edward Island, 1965; Woman in Bathtub, 1973; and Target Pistol and Man, 1980. Colville (1920-2013) was a painter, printmaker, and war veteran who drew his inspiration from the world around him, transforming the seemingly mundane figures and events of everyday life into archetypes of the modern condition. Alex Colville was born in Toronto, moved with his family at age seven to St. Catharines, and then to Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1929. Colville returned to New Brunswick after the First World War and taught at Mount Allison University from 1946 to 1963. He died on 16 July 2013 at his house in Wolfville at the age of 92.

Colville, Alex, 1920-

Hunter, Andrew, 1963-

Art Gallery of Ontario.

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