Ex Libris by Thoreau MacDonald
Thoreau MacDonald
Ex Libris
wood engraving
3.25 x 2.5 ins ( 8.3 x 6.4 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: July 18th 2018
The Estate of Murray Waddington, Ottawa
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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.
