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E. H. MacDonald
The Art History Archive - Canadian Art

The Group of Seven
Franklin Carmichael
Lawren S. Harris
Alexander Young Jackson
Frank H.

Johnston
Arthur Lismer
J.E.H. MacDonald
Frederick H. Varley

Canadian Landscape Artist

Biography by Brandi Leigh - 2008.

James Edward Harvey MacDonald was born on May 12th, 1873 in Durham England.

He emigrated to Canada as a teen with his English mother and Canadian father when he was only fourteen.

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Once he completed his studies of art in both Hamilton and Toronto he began to work at Grip Limited from 1895 to 1911 along with other members of the Group of Seven.

When MacDonald was twenty six he married Joan Lavis � a student at McMaster University; the two had a son named Thoreau in 1901.

During this time he became Art Director at Grip, and supervised many fellow artists including Johnston, Thomson, Lismer and Carmichael. MacDonald enjoyed sketching, becoming a member of many sketchin