Alex Colville was a Canadian artist born in 1920 in Toronto, Ontario. He is known for his realistic paintings that often depict ordinary scenes. Some of his most famous works include Horse & Train, which was inspired by a poem and shows a horse facing a train; Hound in Field, which looks so realistic it could be mistaken for a photograph; and Stove, depicting a dog and its owner staring into a stove in a contemplative scene open to interpretation. Critics have described Colville's style as kitschy and naive yet also representative of Cold War realism.

1. Alex Colville A Great Canadian Artist