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Alex Colville’s work spoke universal language, Nova Scotia gallery curator says

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The 1955 painting by Alex Colville "Cattle Show" is shown in a handout photo. Canadian artist Alex Colville has died. His son, Graham, says his father died at home in Wolfville, N.S., on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-

HALIFAX – The chief curator of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia says Alex Colville’s work spoke a universal language that reflected what it means to be human.

Sarah Fillmore says Colville will be remembered as both a gentleman and extraordinary artist whose tranquil but slightly unsettling work focused on routine moments in life.

Fillmore, whose gallery features some of Colville’s work, says the incredible response to his death from artists across the spectrum including sculptors and jewellers speaks to the high esteem in which he was held.

Colville died Tuesday in Wolfville, N.S.

He was 92.

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