Alex Colville, Canadian Artist, dies at 92

[Catty1]

More than half of the paintings feature a dog, cat or horse! Worth clicking through the gallery. And the story mentions that first one (with the cat in it) sold for the most ever for a Canadian painter.

Well, of course - there was a cat in it, after all!

[phesina]

I just looked through the gallery. Wow! These are stunning! Such incredibly beautiful paintings.

I never heard of him before this. I think I've missed a lot. Maybe a whole lot of us out there have missed a lot.

Thanks, Candace.

Rest in peace, Sir.

Pat

[Catty1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Colville

Colville started as a war artist - kind of like a war photographer. His biographer tells of when he went to Bergen-Belsen after the liberation. There were many dead people and they were being buried in long graves, trenches. He sketched what he saw, but this had a lasting effect on him. His biographer talks about a "code" in his paintings - the placement of people and animals. They are normal scenes but have an odd darkness to them.

Here is a Google Images gallery: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&si...mg.pOCUqbKKJpU

[Karen]

Well, of course - there was a cat in it, after all!

Yeah, but there are many paintings at the Museum of Bad Art that have cats in them - and they don't even seek for much at all, usually are salvaged from thrift shops or donated by the artists or family members thereof!

[Catty1]

Karen, you do know I was being facetious, right?

[Karen]

Karen, you do know I was being facetious, right?

Yes, but I wanted to point that out anyway!

[Catty1]

Yes, but I wanted to point that out anyway!