Northern Lights (and four drawings) by Thoreau MacDonald
Thoreau MacDonald
Northern Lights (and four drawings)
ink and wash
Lot of 5 drawings : “AYJ Pere Raquette”,ink, 4.75 x 6.5 in, Untitled (design for Canadian stamp), pencil, 3 x 2 in, Die Eil [sic] Koenig, pencil, 3.25 x 5 in, Go Home Lake 1978, ink and wash, 6.25 x 10.25 in
6 x 9 ins ( 15.2 x 22.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $345.00
Sale date: June 18th 2013
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Thoreau MacDonald
(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.
