painting, A FLOODED GERMAN ROAD

Colville, Captain Alex

1945/02/09

watercolour; not applicable

Canadian War Museum

Two military vehicles are driving through a flooded road in front of buildings under a grey sky. A utility pole stands to the left. Internationally recognized as one of Canada's leading artists, Alex Colville spent most of his youth in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and later attended nearby Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. After graduation he joined the Canadian Army and was appointed a war artist. Upon arriving in London, Colville was stationed with a supply unit in Yorkshire. He subsequently travelled to the Mediterranean, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. In 1946 he returned to Mount Allison as a teacher. Following his retirement in 1963, Colville devoted all of his time to painting.…