109 Yonge Street, Thornhill (with two additional works of art) by Thoreau MacDonald
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 )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
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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.
