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James Edward Hervey MacDonald

1873 - 1932

Group of Seven, RCA

Leaves and Flowers

Oil on Panel, 1916
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
$80,000.00

Field Near King

Oil on Panel, 1919
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
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James Edward Hervey MacDonald Biography

1873 - 1932

Group of Seven, RCA

J.E.H. MacDonald is best known as a founding member of the Group of Seven. He was born in Durham England in 1873 of Canadian parents. He took evening art classes at the Hamilton Art School as a teenager, before relocating to Toronto. In Toronto He studied at the Central Ontario School of Art. From 1894 he worked as a graphic designer at Grip Ltd. In 1903, he sailed for England and joined Carlton Studios a London graphic firm. On his return to Canada in 1907 he rejoined Grip and began to paint the landscape near Toronto. Around this time Tom Thomson joined the Grip staff. F.H. Johnston joined a short time later. These artists found they had much in common and began going on sketching trips as a group. In 1910 he exhibited for the first time at the Royal Canadian Academy. By 1912 all the original members of the Group of Seven had met and were regularly sketching together. MacDonald was devastated by the accidental drowning of Tom Thomson in 1917. He designed a brass plaque to Thomson's memory which was mounted to a cairn erected at Canoe Lake. The first official Group of Seven exhibition took place in May of 1920. MacDonald accepted a teaching position at the Ontario College of Art in 1921 and was appointed as principal in 1929. He continued to go on painting trips but his teaching responsibilities sapped his energies and he did few large canvases during this time. He died in Toronto in 1932.

Sketch at Little Turtle Lake

Oil on Panel, 1924
812 x 10.5 in (2062.5 x 26.7 cm)
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Algoma Bush

Oil on Panel, 1920
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
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Woodbridge, ON

Oil on Panel, circa 1924
9.25 x 11.25 in (23.5 x 28.6 cm)
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Mrs. Coxs Porch, Thornhill

Oil on Panel, circa 1916
8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
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Spruce and Maple, Algoma

Oil, circa 1919
8.5 x 10.25 in (21.6 x 26 cm)
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The Bridge - Old Young St, York Mills

Oil, circa 1918
8.75 x 10.5 in (22.2 x 26.7 cm)
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Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia

Oil on Panel, circa 1922
8.5 x 10.25 in (21.6 x 26 cm)
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Landscape Sketch, Norther ON

Oil on Panel, circa 1918
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
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Larch: Rocky Mountains

Oil on Panel, circa 1926
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
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Untitled Landscape

Oil on Panel, circa 1930
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
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Near Thornhill

Oil on Panel, circa 2000
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
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Late Autumn,Algoma

Oil on Panel, circa 1919
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
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Lake Oesa Yoho National Park

Oil on Panel, circa 1926
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
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Woodbridge, ON

Oil on Board, 1924
9.25 x 11.25 in (23.5 x 28.6 cm)
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A Glacier Lake

Zinc Plate Lithograph, 1925
8 x 8 in (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Mount Oderay from Lake Ohara

Oil on Panel, circa 2000
4.25 x 5.25 in (10.8 x 13.3 cm)
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Leaves and Flowers

Oil on Panel, circa 1916
8.5 x 10.5 in (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
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York Mills

Oil, circa 1919
5.5 x 7.5 in (14 x 19.1 cm)
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Mist Fantasy

Sampson-Matthews Silkscreen, circa 1943
30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
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