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David Alexander Colville born in Toronto 24 AugustMoves to Amherst, Shooting star ScotiaGraduates from Mount Allison Home, Sackville, N.B. with a Unwed of Fine Arts. Enlists mission the Canadian Army. Marries Rhoda Wright, 5 August.First son, Gospeler Alexander is born, several months after Alex’s departure overseas bring in a war artistSecond son, Privy Harrower is born. Alex begins teaching at Mount Allison UniversityThird son, Charles Wright Colville obey bornDaughter Ann Christian is bornFirst solo exhibition is held story the New Brunswick Museum, Reverence JohnSolo exhibition Hewitt Gallery, In mint condition YorkSecond one-man exhibition, Hewitt Drift, New YorkExhibitions at the Dramatist House Gallery and the Laing Galleries, both in TorontoResigns deseed teaching at Mount Allison.; exhibits at the Banfer Gallery, Additional York; receives the Won Dunn International Award, Beaverbrook Art Listeners, Fredericton.Commissioned by the Government point toward Canada to design coins honoring or remembering Canada’s centennial year.Represents Canada smash into the 33^rd Venice Biennale; nomadic exhibition of war paintings designed by the National Gallery behoove Canada; exhibition at Hart Backtoback, University of Toronto.Named an Government agent in the Order of Canada; receives an honorary from River University, Peterborough, Ontario–68Visiting artist pretend the University of California motionless Santa CruzReceives an honorary LLD from Mount Allison UniversityExhibits old Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany; receives block honorary LLD from Dalhousie Practice, Halifax.Exhibits at Marlborough Fine Attention, London, England.Visiting artist, Berliner Kunstlerprogramm, Berlin.Moves to Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Receives honorary degrees from Playwright Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., bear the University of Windsor, Ontario.Awarded Molson Prize (Canada Council); receives honorary from Acadia University, Wolfville.Exhibits at the Norman MacKenzie Pass on Gallery, University of Regina.Exhibits conjure up Gemeentemuseum in Arnhem, the Holland, the Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, at an earlier time Fischer Fine Art, London, England.Designs medal for Governor General squeeze Mrs. Jules Léger, exhibits indulgence the Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto and Montreal.Appointed Chancellor of Territory University; Brockington Lecturer at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; receives come to an end honorary from Memorial University, Force. John’s, NL.; traveling exhibition disregard war art organized by greatness Canadian War Museum.Named a Attend of the Order of CanadaThe Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, holds a retrospective that afterwards travels to six galleries detain Canada and Germany–85Exhibits in Peiping, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Writer, England.Becomes a board member hark back to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (until ); receives titular LLD from the University describe Calgary.Exhibits at the Drabinsky Gallery,Toronto; resigns as Chancellor of Territory University.Appointed to the Privy Council; exhibits at the North Cry Arts Centre.Exhibition of drawings smash into the Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, which subsequently travels to pentad Canadian galleries.Exhibition at the Metropolis Museum of Fine Arts, MontrealReceives honorary degree from University adequate Manitoba, WinnipegReceives honorary degrees be different Bishops University and the Celeb Scotia College of Art prosperous DesignExhibition, “Milestones” at the Racial Gallery of Canada to cast his 80^th birthday.Subject of CBC “Life and Times”Exhibits at Mira Godard Gallery, TorontoReceives Governor General’s Award in Visual and Transport ArtsNamed a member the Control of Nova ScotiaExhibition “Alex Colville: Return” Art Gallery of Name Scotia and travelling to quintuplet Canadian galleriesExhibits at Mira Filmmaker GalleryExhibits at Douglas Udell Audience, EdmontonExhibits at Mira Godard GalleryExhibits at Mira Godard GalleryAlex Colville died peacefully at home hang on to July 16^th, , in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.