Black Spruce by Thoreau MacDonald
Thoreau MacDonald
Black Spruce
sampson matthews silkscreen
artist name and title printed in the lower margin; a Sampson Matthews label on the reverse; unframed
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $510.00
Sale date: February 24th 2016
Private Collection, Toronto
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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.
