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Alex Colville

Alex Colville. The War artist. Soldier and girl at station (1953). http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWJuqLZeTGI In this short clip a young Alex Colville describes some of his work. Notice his style of realism – his paintings look so exact they could be mistaken for photographs.

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Alex Colville

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  1. Alex Colville The War artist

  2. Soldier and girl at station (1953)

  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWJuqLZeTGI • In this short clip a young Alex Colville describes some of his work. Notice his style of realism – his paintings look so exact they could be mistaken for photographs. • Notice his detail on animals, some say he shows more love and detail on them than humans. In more than 1 of his paintings the dog’s head is almost superimposed over the head of the human. Alex Colville

  4. War artist gave a record to war, like a visual diary. They also portrayed what really happened to the people back home. • Colville’s paintings are on display in Ottawa at he National War museum. Alex Colville

  5. Today you are going to pretend you are a war artist. • 5 easy steps Vanishing point technique

  6. http://alexcolville.ca/gallery/ • http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/artists/colville1eng.shtml • http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/games/overtop/index_e.shtml • http://www.museedelaguerre.ca/cwm/games/armwar/indexwareng.shtml To learn more…

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