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Ross and Susan Eddy first became aware of renowned Canadian artist David Silverberg when Ross鈥檚 daughter Chris was a student at Mount Allison University. Following their first Silverberg acquisition, 鈥淯mbrellas鈥�, and during Ross鈥檚 term on Mount A鈥檚 Board of Regents, the Eddys acquired numerous prints which were displayed in their home and the offices of Ross鈥檚 Toronto law firm.

In 2013, at the urging of Silverberg, the Eddys approached Acadia about donating 19 of Silverberg鈥檚 works to the University. Coincidentally, Acadia had just announced that construction of the Wu Welcome Centre would begin in 2014, creating the perfect home for the Silverberg prints. 

David Silverberg received his BA from McGill University in 1957 and studied etching and engraving at the L鈥櫭塩ole des Beaux Arts in Paris and the Instituts des Arts d茅coratifs et de b芒timents in Grenoble, France. Between 1963 and 1995 he taught printmaking at Mount Allison and served a five-year term as Acadia鈥檚 Artist in Residence beginning in 1995. 

Silverberg鈥檚 art is concerned with many themes based on his extensive travel. He has exhibited worldwide in 200 solo shows and over 100 group shows alongside artists such as Dali, Picasso and Chagall. He is best known for his engravings that are created through a process involving cutting an image onto a steel plate using a diamond-tipped stylus, applying ink so that it only remains in the engraved lines then pressing the image onto paper to produce a print of the image.

Acadia is grateful for the Eddys鈥� gift and for its association with Silverberg. The 19 prints are beautifully displayed in the Great Room of the newly finished Wu Welcome Centre at Alumni Hall, itself a gift from the Wu family of Hong Kong.

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