On The Artistic Features Of Colville

Alex Colville is a famous Canadian painter of the 20th century.He was born in Toronto in 1920 and later studied at the University of Monterey,studying art in 1942,and married in the same year.In 1944 he was sent to foreign painters as abroad to record his impression of World War ?,after returning home to teach.In 1963 he left the school to become a professional painter His works were collected by the National Gallery of Canada,but until 1969-1970 held exhibitions in Hanover and London,he was known for more people and won the commercial After his success,his works were exhibited in the world,and many art museums and private collections.Colville is good at looking for inspiration from life,through the delicate,repeated composition of the organization screen,his painting in the atmosphere to quiet,open mainly in the realism with mysticism,symbolic fantasy realism.At the same time there was a great realist painter,Wise,who was born in North America,with two great painters performing similar but different styles.In the study of the analysis of the use of examples and comparative law,through the Colville painting characteristics,historical heritage of one by one analysis,at the same time with the Wise life background,the characteristics of the comparison of works to clearly explain the differences in their works,And further clarify the uniqueness of its painting language.For example,find his painting is similar to Hopper and Georges Seurat to illustrate his previous study,inheritance.In the shape of the fun on the image of Colville is realistic but more general,refined,coupled with the screen in the clear structure of the line,constitute a more flat visual effect.In the 1980s,Colville came to China,and the domestic Da ke Jiang analysis of Colville's theory combined with the artist's life experience analyzed the characteristics of his painting,the analysis of the traditional inheritance and the content of the painting.Other domestic studies on Colville are mostly similar,published in journals.Foreign research Coleville painting is also one of the most representative is Canadian David bina wrote "on the art of Colville," his research is by combining the painter's life experience,education To analyze the different styles of Colville's painting style,and how the painter from the side of the memory to extract the material and complete the work..In terms of the study of the painter in the city of Corvette,the relevant research data in China is less,and the more well known is Wise.It is also meaningful to compare the two geographically similar artists with similar themes.