The Nijmegen Bridge, Holland
Alex Colville · 1944
Why it's great
The great steel bridge at Nijmegen, which the Allies captured in September 1944 in the failed Operation Market Garden, arches across the river. Alex Colville, a Canadian war artist, painted it in 1944.
🏛️ Part of history
World War II (1939–1945) — The great steel bridge at Nijmegen, which the Allies captured in September 1944 in the failed Operation Market Garden, arches across the river.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Alex Colville was a Canadian painter born in Toronto in 1920. He was an official Canadian war artist in World War II, painting the Netherlands and the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, and later became famous for calm, mysterious pictures. He lived in Nova Scotia and died in Wolfville in 2013.
