Alex Colville a popular painter was born on 24 August 1920 in Ontario, Canada. He went to Mount Allison University and achieved a bachelor degree in fine arts. He was a faculty member with the Fine arts department at Mount Allison University for almost two decade. He married to Rhoda Wright in 1942 and the couple has three sons and a daughter. The great artist recently died at the age of 92 on 16 July 2013.