Three Horses in a Field by Thoreau MacDonald
Thoreau MacDonald
Three Horses in a Field
pencil sketch
initialed lower right
3 x 6.75 ins ( 7.6 x 17.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $86.00
Sale date: June 14th 2017
Acquired directly from the artist
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.
