J. E. H. MacDonald: career timeline

Canadian · 1873–1932 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 26 lots (88% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

J. E. H. MacDonald: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1900s	3	3	$836Sign up	Drawing
1910s	11	9	$1.6kSign up	Oil
1920s	9	8	$477Sign up	Woodcut / linocut

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1900s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $836Sign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 5.5 in (20 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1910s 11 works

Sold: 9 of 11
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $6.1kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 10 in (20 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Lithograph (3), Etching (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1910 In the Barn$8.6kSign up
1911 Farm Near High Park$16.4kSign up
1914 Canadian and the Call$821Sign up
1914 Canadian and the Call$1.6kSign up
1914 Canadian and the Call$1.5kSign up
1914 Cloudy Day, Thornhill, 1914Unsold
1915 Georgian Bay, The Squall$19.4kSign up
1915 Untitled - Sunset$226Sign up
1915 Tom Thomson$968Sign up
1915 York Mills, 1915$5.1kSign up
1919 Elms by a StreamUnsold

1920s 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $477Sign up
Average: $13.7kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 6.5 in (17 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (3), Oil (3), Other (2)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Rivers & marshes (2)

1920 Beaver Pond, Algoma$342Sign up
1920 The Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Canada$251Sign up
1920 Beaver Pond, Algoma, 1920$290Sign up
1920 Beaver Pond, Algoma$216Sign up
1922 The Sea MonsterUnsold
1923 Thornhill House$23.4kSign up
c. 1924 Mountain Stream, Lake O'Hara$83kSign up
1925 Church by the Sea, N.S.$612Sign up
1925 A Glacial Lake, Rocky Mountains #82/100$1.4kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 1990s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 8.5 × 10.5 in (22 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 1996 September SnowUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $130Sign up
Average: $130Sign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 39.5 in (75 × 100 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2009 Mist Fantasy$130Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $27.4kSign up
Average: $27.4kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 10 in (22 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia$27.4kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All J. E. H. MacDonald auction results →