Evan Macdonald : a painter's life / Flora Macdonald Spencer ; edited by Judith Nasby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spencer, Flora Macdonald, 1943-

Contributor:

Nasby, Judith, 1945-

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macdonald, Evan.

Painters--Canada--Biography.

Painters.

Canada.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 125 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2008]

Summary:

A master draughtsman, artist Evan Macdonald had extraordinary facility as a painter, printmaker, and book illustrator. Born in Guelph, Ontario, in 1905, to one of the city s founding Scottish families, Macdonald was a young contemporary of the Group of Seven and pursued his practice in Canada during the Great Depression. He joined the Second World War as an artist-soldier. After the war, Macdonald became a professional portraitist, fulfilling commissions from heads of government, industry, and academia. His paintings chronicling the destruction of Guelph s historical buildings in the 1950s and 60s both celebrate industrial progress and lament the loss of nineteenth-century craftsmanship. "Evan Macdonald: A Painter s Life" is a richly illustrated chronicle of Macdonald s life and work from the perspective of the artist s daughter, Flora Macdonald Spencer, whose insightful essay creates a lasting image of a great Canadian artist. The book offers a unique perspective on the history of Guelph as well as commentary on one of the city s founding families, their Scottish ancestry, and the establishment and evolution of twentieth-century social and cultural ideals. Co-published with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre "

Notes:

Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ont., May 8-Jul. 20, 2008.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: pages 117-120.

ISBN:

9781554580484

155458048X

OCLC:

219937927