Christmas Night by Thoreau MacDonald
Thoreau MacDonald
Christmas Night
one photolithographic reproduction and two postcards
“Season’s Greetings” / “Christmas Night” 8.5 x 9.25 ins. (folded), 8.5 x 17 ins. (unfolded); sold together with two postcards from the McMichael Conservation Collection of Art
8.5 x 17 ins ( 21.6 x 43.2 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
Acquired directly from the artist
By descent to the present 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.
