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1897 Thurso, Scotland - 1960. Known for: Automatic painting, abstraction, surreal.
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and... Read full biography
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. Macdonald's early work was in the Group Of Seven tradition, but in 1934 he painted his... Read full biography
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. Macdonald's early work was in the Group Of Seven tradition, but in 1934 he painted his first abstract or automatic work, Formative Color Activity (NG of Canada, Ottawa). In the late 1930s he became a friend of Emily Carr, and in 1940 of Lawren Harris, who encouraged him in his abstract... Read full biography
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. Macdonald's early work was in the Group Of Seven tradition, but in 1934 he painted his first abstract or automatic work, Formative Color Activity (NG of Canada, Ottawa). In the late 1930s he became a friend of Emily Carr, and in 1940 of Lawren Harris, who encouraged him in his abstract experiments. These included automatic paintings in a Surrealist vein, and in the 1950s he was connected with the abstract group Painters Eleven. During the last five years of his life Macdonald's output was extraordinary, as he threw himself into... Read full biography
The following is courtesy of Alan Ross:. Jock Macdonald was born in 1897 Thurso, Scotland and died in 1960. He immigrated to Canada in 1926 to teach at the new Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. Macdonald's early work was in the Group Of Seven tradition, but in 1934 he painted his first abstract or automatic work, Formative Color Activity (NG of Canada, Ottawa). In the late 1930s he became a friend of Emily Carr, and in 1940 of Lawren Harris, who encouraged him in his abstract experiments. These included automatic paintings in a Surrealist vein, and in the 1950s he was connected with the abstract group Painters Eleven. During the last five years of his life Macdonald's output was extraordinary, as he threw himself into experimenting with various techniques and media. He taught at various art colleges in the course of his career and is considere... Read full biography
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Automatism, Automatic Writing, Drawing
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Canadian Rocky Mountains
Art Association
- •British Columbia Society of Fine Arts/Society of Artists
- •Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
- •Painters Eleven
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Museum
- •Fifteen Canadian Artists, Museum of Modern Art, 1963