Alexander (Alex) Colville

Canadian (1920 - 2013)

Alexander (Alex) Colville was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Alexander (Alex) Colville's estimated art value is C$2,000,000 (*)

Alexander (Alex) Colville's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$1,000,000 - C$2,500,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an acrylic painting work attributed to Alexander (Alex) Colville (1920-2013) was C$2,401,250 - paid for "Dog and Bridge" at Heffel in Vancouver on Wed, Jul 15, 2020.
ArtValue.ca has 209 auction art sale records for their acrylic painting results, with prices in the range of C$1,000,000 to C$2,500,000.

Hotel Maid
colour serigraph

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 38262
Tue, Jul 20, 2021

Sold for CAD $5,760

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

Credited as a Maritime painter, David Alexander Colville was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1920. Colville’s father worked in construction, so their family moved to St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1927, and then to Amherst, Nova Scotia, in 1929. Soon after the move to Nova Scotia, Colville contracted pneumonia. Through his six-month long recovery his mother supplied him with art materials, which aided his blossoming interest in the field. During this time, he exclusively drew machines, cars, and boats.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top acrylic painting sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
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