Alex Colville: The Observer Observed A Biography by Mark A. Cheetham

8vo. pp. 140. profusely illustrated in b/w. chronology. wrs. [Toronto]: ECW Press, [1994].

New.

ISBN-10: 1550222066 / ISBN-13: 9781550222067

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In this illustrated biography of painter Alex Colville, Mark A. Cheetham charts the prodigious life and career of one of Canada’s best-known artists. Both artist and public figure, Colville engages many worlds at once: painting and politics, creativity and business. He has been given some of the highest honours for his art. He has also been charged with misogyny, opportunism, and crowd-pleasing. Where is the truth among all these contradictions? Read this biography and discover Alex Colville for yourself.