Six Works by Thoreau MacDonald
Thoreau MacDonald
Six Works
six linocuts framed together
each signed lower right in pencil in the margin; the six works displayed in a single frame
6.25 x 7.5 ins ( 15.9 x 19.1 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
Private Collection, Ontario
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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.
