painting, KNOCKED-OUT CROCODILE
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-2081
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
Europe - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Colville, Captain Alex
- Date Made 1945/03/31
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1945/03/31
- Latest 1945/03/31
- Medium watercolourink
- Support papermat
- Materials Not applicable
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Unit Regina Rifle Regiment
- Measurements Height 25.4 cm, Width 35.1 cm
- Caption Alex Colville (1920 - 2013)
- Additional Information Internationally recognized as one of Canada's leading artists, Alex Colville spent most of his youth in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and later attended nearby Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. After graduation he joined the Canadian Army and was appointed a war artist. Upon arriving in London, Colville was stationed with a supply unit in Yorkshire. He subsequently travelled to the Mediterranean, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. In 1946 he returned to Mount Allison as a teacher. Following his retirement in 1963, Colville devoted all of his time to painting. He moved to Wolfville in 1973 and from 1981 to 1991 served as Chancellor of Acadia University.