Thoreau MacDonald
(1901 - 1989) Canadian Group of Painters
Previously Sold Works
THOREAU MACDONALD
Eleven Books designed or illustrated by Thoreau MacDonald
- “Notebooks” (Thoreau MacDonald; Penumbra Press, 1980)
- “Thoreau’s Tales” (David McCabe, Thoreau MacDonald and Susan MacDonald; The Woodchuck Press, 2002)
- “The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books; The Sea is Our Doorway” (Michael Harrington; Cover design by J.E.H. and Thoreau MacDonald; The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1947) (Chap-Book Number 124)
- “Hurt not the Earth” (E. Newton-White, drawings by Thoreau MacDonald; The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958)
- “A Canadian Nation” (Lorne Pierce, Designed by Thoreau MacDonald; The Ryerson Press, 1960)
- “The Woodcarver’s Wife” (Marjorie L. C. Pickthall with decorations by J.E.H. MacDonald; McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1922)
- “A Word to Us All” (J.E.H. MacDonald with a note by Robert Stacey; McBurnie Cutler Editions, Toronto, 1996) (limited edition keepsake on the occasion of the publication of “J.E.H. MacDonald: Designer”; No. 434 of 500 copies) (signed by Robert Stacey on title page)
- “The Rocking Chair and Other Poems” (A.M. Klein with drawings by Thoreau MacDonald; The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1966)
- “The Group of Seven: Thoreau MacDonald” (Canadian Art Series; The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1944
- “South of North: Images of Canada” (Richard Outram, drawings by Thoreau MacDonald; The Porcupine’s Quill, Erin) (signed and inscribed by Rosemary Kilbourn
- “The Songs of Wade Hemsworth” (illustrations by Thoreau MacDonald; Penumbra Press, Waterloo, 1990)
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Thoreau MacDonald Biography
(1901 - 1989) Canadian Group of Painters
Thoreau MacDonald, illustrator, designer and painter, was born in Toronto in 1901. A self-taught painter, Thoreau worked alongside his father J.E.H. MacDonald. Colour blindness forced him to work mainly in black and white palettes. He illustrated for the Ryerson Press and the Canadian Forum magazine during the 1920s and 30s, a period when Canadian illustrated prints flourished. In general, his subject matter paralleled his father’s, though he tended to favour Ontario farmscapes.
