Manly Edward MacDonald
Manly Edward MacDonald
1889 - 1971
ARCA OIP OSA RCA
Manly MacDonald was born in 1889 in Point Anne, Ontario. He took classes at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, then in 1911 traveled to attend the Albright School of Art in Buffalo, New York. From 1912 to 1913 he continued his art studies at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He returned to Toronto and from 1914 to 1916 went again to the Ontario College of Art. In 1917 a Royal Canadian Academy of Arts scholarship enabled him to travel to Europe. On his return to Canada, in 1918 the Canadian War Memorials Fund commissioned him to paint scenes of women working in the fields at Quinte, Ontario. In 1920, MacDonald received a second RCA scholarship and traveled to Europe and the United Kingdom. In 1922, he established a studio in Toronto and lived part of the year in Belleville. MacDonald was best known for his depictions of historic southern Ontario - a world of peaceful villages, farms and the people working on them, as well as the surrounding landscape.

MacDonald exhibited in the prestigious Wembley Exhibition in 1924 in England and the British Empire Exhibition in 1925. His work was included in a major exhibition of Canadian art at the Tate Museum in England and in the 1939 exhibition of Canadian art at the New York World's Fair. MacDonald also taught; in 1940 at the Royal Canadian Academy and at the Ontario College of Art from 1943 to 1944 and from 1946 to 1947.
He was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, an Associate and later, Academician of the Royal Canadian Academy, as well as a founding member of the Ontario Institute of Painters.

His work is in the collections of the Canadian War Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Collection Trust, the John M. Parrott Art Gallery in Belleville, the Loyalist College in Belleville and many others. He died in 1971.
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Baker's Wood (Beechwoods), Just North of Bathurst Street, West of Thornhill, Ontario by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $13,800
Manly Edward MacDonald
Baker's Wood (Beechwoods), Just North of Bathurst Street, West of Thornhill, Ontario
24 x 30 1/2 in, 61 x 77.5 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $13,800 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Spring 2006 on Thursday, May 25, 2006
Gathering by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $12,650
Manly Edward MacDonald
Gathering
8 1/2 x 10 in, 21.6 x 25.4 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $12,650 CDN (premium included)
May 2007 - 2nd Session on Saturday, May 26, 2007
Shrimping on the Water's Edge by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $8,260
Manly Edward MacDonald
Shrimping on the Water's Edge
28 1/4 x 36 in, 71.7 x 91.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 CDN
Sold for: $8,260 CDN (premium included)
May 2016 - 4th Session on Saturday, May 28, 2016
On the Salmon River, Shannonville by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $7,500
Manly Edward MacDonald
On the Salmon River, Shannonville
18 x 24 in, 45.7 x 61 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000 CDN
Sold for: $7,500 CDN (premium included)
June 2017 - 5th Session on Thursday, June 29, 2017
Noon Day Rest by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $7,500
Manly Edward MacDonald
Noon Day Rest
18 x 24 in, 45.7 x 61 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CDN
Sold for: $7,500 CDN (premium included)
January 2017 - 5th Session on Thursday, January 26, 2017
Fall Landscape by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $7,500
Manly Edward MacDonald
Fall Landscape
38 x 48 in, 96.5 x 121.9 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $7,500 CDN (premium included)
July 2017 - 4th Session on Thursday, July 27, 2017
Spring Thaw by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $7,475
Manly Edward MacDonald
Spring Thaw
20 x 26 in, 50.8 x 66 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CDN
Sold for: $7,475 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2005 on Thursday, November 24, 2005
Winter Logging by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $6,435
Manly Edward MacDonald
Winter Logging
28 x 36 in, 71.1 x 91.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $6,435 CDN (premium included)
November 2008 - 2nd Session on Thursday, November 27, 2008
Belleville Harbour by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $6,325
Manly Edward MacDonald
Belleville Harbour
16 x 20 in, 40.6 x 50.8 cm
oil on canvas board
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $6,325 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian and Irish Art Fall 2003 on Friday, November 28, 2003
Bay of Quinte, East of Glenora by Manly Edward MacDonald sold for $6,325
Manly Edward MacDonald
Bay of Quinte, East of Glenora
20 x 26 in, 50.8 x 66 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500 CDN
Sold for: $6,325 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2004 on Thursday, November 25, 2004