File:Alex Colville-Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France (CWM 19710261-1679).jpeg

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Alex Colville: Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France  wikidata:Q124563731 reasonator:Q124563731
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Alex Colville  (1920–2013)  wikidata:Q2832922
 
Alex Colville
Alternative names
Alexander Colville; David Alexander Colville
Description Canadian painter, printmaker, drawer and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 24 August 1920 Edit this at Wikidata 16 July 2013 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Toronto Wolfville
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creator QS:P170,Q2832922
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Title
Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France
label QS:Len,"Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Alex Colville's painting depicts Canadian landing craft, probably from HMCS Prince David, transporting Allied troops to their landing beaches. A maple leaf (centre right) identifies the troop-filled Landing Craft Assault (LCA) in the foreground as Canadian. Another LCA (centre), tows a rubber boat with additional troops (upper right). Prince David's landing craft transported French commandos to capture defences on the mainland, and were guided and escorted by American PT (patrol torpedo) boats like the one in the background. The landings took place in the early hours of the morning in an attempt to take German forces by surprise.
Date 1944 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 101.4 cm (39.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 76 cm (29.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+101.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+76.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1032442
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19710261-1679 (Canadian War Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Notes
English: In the dead of night, Canadian landing craft, led by an American torpedo boat (background), carry French North African commandoes towards the Mediterranean coast. Official Canadian war artist Alex Colville first sketched a series of preparatory evening exercises off Corsica, and then the actual landing at 0130 on 15 August 1944. Colville accompanied the assault wave to shore, and then returned to the command ship HMCS Prince David.
References https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1013580 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1013580
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(Reusing this file)		 Work by a commissioned official war artist placing this work under crown copyright.

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Public domain This Canadian work is in the public domain worldwide because it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published before December 31, 1973.

According to Public Works and Government Services Canada / Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada, Canada has no intention of renewing expired Crown Copyright works in any country, and consequently the URAA does not apply. An email is on record at ticket:2013122310013986.

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