Thoreau MacDonald
(1901 - 1989) Canadian Group of Painters
Previously Sold Works
THOREAU MACDONALD
Winter Evening
sampson-matthews silkscreen
signed lower left
19.75 x 26.5 ins ( 50.2 x 67.3 cms )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Cottage; Summer; A Dream (from “Mountain Cloud”)
three ink drawing
“Cottage” (ink drawing; initialed in the lower right subject, inscribed “Mountain Cloud” and indistinctly in the lower margin); “Summer” (ink drawing; initialed in the lower left subject; titled in the lower margin and inscribed “Mountain Cloud” in the lower margin); “A Dream” (ink drawing; initialed in the upper left subject; titled, numbered “XVII”, and inscribed “new drawing” and “Mountain Cloud” in the lower margin)
3 x 4.5 ins ( 7.6 x 11.4 cms ) ( each subject )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Farm Landscape
pen drawing
initialed lower right
3.75 x 3.75 ins ( 9.5 x 9.5 cms ) ( sight )
THOREAU MACDONALD
109 Yonge Street, Thornhill (with two additional works of art)
three works of art
“109 Yonge Street” (initialed lower right, 4.5 ins x 5.5 ins); “Rushing River” by Caleb Keene (oil on panel, signed lower left (7.5 x 11 ins); “Cabbagetown” by John Palmer (oil on panel, signed lower right, signed, titled and dated 1979 on the reverse, 10 ins x 12 ins)
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms ) ( largest )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Red Fox in Vaughan; Strawberry Roam
2 drawings
Red Fox in Vaughan: pencil drawing, initialed to the right, signed lower left (4 ins x 6.75 ins, sight); Stawberry Roam: mixed media drawing, initialed and titled lower right (5 ins x 7 ins, sight)
5 x 7 ins ( 12.7 x 17.8 cms ) ( (largest piece) )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Marsh Hawk; Untitled Landscape
2 pencil sketches
Marsh Hawk: titled lower left, signed lower right (5 ins x 7.5 ins, sight); Untitled Landscape: initialed lower left (4.5 inx x 8 ins, sight)
4.5 x 8 ins ( 11.4 x 20.3 cms ) ( largest )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Aurora, Black Rays
mixed media on paper
initialed and dated 79 to the right; titled lower right
6.25 x 8 ins ( 15.9 x 20.3 cms ) ( sight )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Four Landscapes
four works on paper framed together
Snow-Covered House: ink drawing, unsigned (6 ins x 7 ins (subject)); Drawing from West by East: mixed media drawing, signed and titled in the lower margin (4 ins x 6.5 ins (subject)); Osprey, mixed media drawing, initialed and titled lower left (6 ins x 9 ins (subject)); Church Winter Scene: ink drawing, initialed to the right (6 ins x 7.5 ins (subject)); the four works displayed together in a single frame
6 x 9 ins ( 15.2 x 22.9 cms ) ( largest )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Coyotes; Mountain Cloud
pair of woodcuts
“Coyotes” (woodcut, signed with initials and titled in pencil in the margin, sight 4.25 x 5 inches); “Mountain Cloud” (woodcut, signed with initials and titled in pencil in the margin, sight 4.75 x 4.5 inches)
4.25 x 5 ins ( 10.8 x 12.7 cms ) ( largest )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Anemones; Mountain Cloud
ink, watercolour, woodcut
“Anemones” (ink and watercolour on paper, signed with initials and titled in pencil in the lower margin, 5.25 x 5 inches); “Mountain Cloud” (woodcut on paper, signed with initials and titled in pencil in the lower margin, sight 5 x 5.5 inches)
5 x 5.5 ins ( 12.7 x 14 cms ) ( largest )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Winter Evening
sampson matthews silkscreen
artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa” printed in the margin; signed within the plate; a Sampson Matthews label on the reverse, unframed
19.75 x 26 ins ( 50.2 x 66 cms )
Thoreau MacDonald Biography
(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.
