Strawberry Roan by Thoreau MacDonald
Thoreau MacDonald
Strawberry Roan
mixed media drawing
initialed and titled lower right
5 x 7 ins ( 12.7 x 17.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
Consignor Canadian Fine Art, auction, Toronto, December 12, 2019, Lot 124
Private Collection, 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.
