Give Us the Ships, We'll Finish the Subs!
Catalogue
- Year
- 1941
- Dimensions
- Image/primary support: 95.1 × 65 cm (37 1/2 × 25 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 91.3 × 61.4 cm (36 × 24 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Alex Colville
Artist
Printmaking
Canadian artist Alex Colville was born in the city of Toronto in 1920 but spent most of his career in the Maritimes. Colville began his education with weekly art classes starting in 1934, which soon led to his enrollment at Mount Allison University in 1938, where he studied under Post-Impressionist faculty such as Sarah Hart and Stanley Royle. After finding success as a student, working for two years as an official war artist during the Second World War, and a brief career in teaching at Mount Allison University, Colville began his career that would soon be celebrated as a pivotal piece in Canadian art and postmodern painting.
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The Steps - A Dugout in Germany
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- Alex Colville
- Year
- 1941
- Dimensions
- Image/primary support: 95.1 × 65 cm (37 1/2 × 25 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 91.3 × 61.4 cm (36 × 24 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1941-129319
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified