Artwork by Thoreau MacDonald,  Anchor Post and Fox

Thoreau MacDonald
Anchor Post and Fox

ink and wash
signed with initials and titled lower left; dated 1970 lower right
5 x 9.25 ins ( 12.7 x 23.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00

Price Realized $633.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016

Provenance:
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.