Thoreau MacDonald CGP, CPE (1901 – 1989). An important Canadian illustrator, painter, printmaker, graphic artist, writer, craftsman, and sculptor, Thoreau MacDonald was born in Toronto, Ontario and... Read full biography
Thoreau MacDonald CGP, CPE (1901 – 1989). An important Canadian illustrator, painter, printmaker, graphic artist, writer, craftsman, and sculptor, Thoreau MacDonald was born in Toronto, Ontario and lived on the family farm in Thornhill (“Greater Toronto Area”) from 1912 and for the rest of his... Read full biography
Thoreau MacDonald CGP, CPE (1901 – 1989). An important Canadian illustrator, painter, printmaker, graphic artist, writer, craftsman, and sculptor, Thoreau MacDonald was born in Toronto, Ontario and lived on the family farm in Thornhill (“Greater Toronto Area”) from 1912 and for the rest of his life. He is the subject of an article in the Canadian Encyclopedia (188 words); he designed the layouts, end papers, covers, or illustrated over 200 books and catalogues; he was a founding member of the... Read full biography
Thoreau MacDonald CGP, CPE (1901 – 1989). An important Canadian illustrator, painter, printmaker, graphic artist, writer, craftsman, and sculptor, Thoreau MacDonald was born in Toronto, Ontario and lived on the family farm in Thornhill (“Greater Toronto Area”) from 1912 and for the rest of his life. He is the subject of an article in the Canadian Encyclopedia (188 words); he designed the layouts, end papers, covers, or illustrated over 200 books and catalogues; he was a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters* [CGP] and a member of the Society of Canadian Painters-Etchers and Engravers* [CPE]. His paintings, prints and drawings were featured in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Tate Gallery* (London,... Read full biography
Thoreau MacDonald CGP, CPE (1901 – 1989). An important Canadian illustrator, painter, printmaker, graphic artist, writer, craftsman, and sculptor, Thoreau MacDonald was born in Toronto, Ontario and lived on the family farm in Thornhill (“Greater Toronto Area”) from 1912 and for the rest of his life. He is the subject of an article in the Canadian Encyclopedia (188 words); he designed the layouts, end papers, covers, or illustrated over 200 books and catalogues; he was a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters* [CGP] and a member of the Society of Canadian Painters-Etchers and Engravers* [CPE]. His paintings, prints and drawings were featured in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Tate Gallery* (London, England), and the Musee du Jeu de Paume (Paris, France); as well as in shows with the Group of Seven*, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*, a... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (65)
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Tom Thomson's Fine Kettle of Frinds
2017
Littlefield, Angie
210 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012
Reid, Dennis
506 pages (color)
Picturing the Land: Narrating Territories in Canadian Landscape Art, 1500-1950
2011
McKay, Marylin
384 pages (color)
Public Art in Canada: Critical Perspectives
2009
Gerin, Annie and James S. McLean
340 pages
A.Y. Jackson: The Life of a Landscape Painter
2009
Larsen, Wayne
265 pages (color)
Canadas of the Mind: The Making and Unmaking of Canadian Nationalisms in the Twenetieth Century
2007
Hillmer, Norman and Adam Chapnick, Editor
326 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Bibliophilia Scholastica Floreat: Fifty years of rare books and special collections at the University of Toronto (University of Toronto Library)
2005
Landon, Richard
132 pages (color)
Thoreau MacDonald, 1901-1989: Canada's foremost Book Illustrator
2005
Stillman, Terry
30 pages (color)
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
Canadian Art and Architecture: An Annotated Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations
2003
Peters, Diane E.
651 pages
A National Soul: Canadian Mural Painting, 1860s-1930s
2002
McKay, Marylin
320 pages (color)
A Boy All Spirit: Thoreau MacDonald in the 1920s
2002
Sabean, John W., Editor
303 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Canadian Encyclopedia
1999
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,573 pages
Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century
1999
Murray, Joan
272 pages (color)
A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms
1997
McKendry, Blake
242 pages (color)
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Exhibitions and Members, 1860-1979
1997
McMann, Evelyn de R
451 pages
The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Hill, Charles C
374 pages (color)
Light for a Cold Land: Lawren Harris's Work and Life-An Interpretation
1993
Larisey, Peter
199 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
The McMichael Canadian Collection
1989
Blodgett, Jean
175 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Second Edition: (Four Volumes)
1988
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,736 pages (color)
The Collective Achievement: Selections from the Permanent Collection (Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Mitchell, Maggie
40 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
One Man's Obsession
1986
McMichael, Robert
410 pages
Images of the Land: Canadian Block Prints, 1919-1945 (Glenbow Museum)
1985
Ainslie, Patricia
165 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,089 pages (color)
A Visual Bestiary: Animals in Art (Stewart Art Centre)
1984
Brice, Megan
61 pages
The McMichael Canadian Collection
1983
Cinader, Bernhard et al
166 pages (color)
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
Note Books/Thoreau MacDonald
1980
MacDonald, Thoreau
216 pages
Notebooks
1980
MacDonald, Thoreau
216 pages (color)
A Heritage of Canadian Art: The McMichael Collection
1979
Duval, Paul
208 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1978 13th Edition
1978
Rhodes, Anne (Ed)
946 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists: Volume 4 Little-Myles
1974
MacDonald, Colin S.
477 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art: A Biographical Directory
1973
American Federation of Arts; R;R. Bowker
927 pages (color)
Thoreau MacDonald A Catalogue of Design and Illustration
1973
Edison, Margaret E
190 pages
Thoreau MacDonald: A catalogue of design and Illustration
1973
MacDonald, Thoreau and Margaret E. Edison
190 pages
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Creative and Performing Arts (Two Volumes)
1972
Rodney, Helen M.
616 pages
Thoreau MacDonald: Illustrator, Designer of Nature
1971
Pierce, L. Bruce
48 pages
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
The Group of Seven
1970
Mellen, Peter
231 pages (color)
The Hart House Collection of Canadian Paintings
1969
Adamson, Jeremy
120 pages
The McMichael Conservation Collection of Canadian Art
1967
Duval, Paul
96 pages (color)
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies
1959
Gilbert, Dorothy (Editor)
718 pages
A Painter's Country: The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson
1958
Jackson, A.Y.
182 pages (color)
Canadian Drawing and Prints
1952
Duval, Paul
100 pages
Canadian Art
1950
McInnes, Graham Campbell
140 pages (color)
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
The Group of Seven
1944
MacDonald, Thoreau
29 pages (color)
Canadian Art, 1820-1940
1943
Colgate, William
278 pages
Canadian Art-Its Origin and Development (Paperback) 1967
1943
Colgate, William
278 pages
Thoreau MacDonald
1942
Hunter, Edmund Robert
43 pages (color)
A Guide to Canadian Painters (A Thesis)
1940
Hughes, Margaret E.
32 pages
Canadian Art: New York World's Fair (1939) (Exhibition catalog)
1939
National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Society of Painters in Water-Colour
18 pages
Decorative Arts: Golden Gate International Exposition
1939
San Francisco Bay Exposition
107 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index