Manly Edward MacDonald (1889 - 1971) Oil on board, Signed Lower Right, Measures (24 x 20 inches ) w/frame (30.5 x 26.5 inches) Manly MacDonald was a well-known Canadian painter, printmaker and educator. He was born in Point Anne, Ontario, a town about 150 miles east of Toronto, Ontario, and died in Toronto, where he had lived since the early 1920s. His primary medium was oil paint; however, he also worked in pastel, watercolor, etching*, drypoint*, aquatint* and mixed mediums. His subjects included portraits, figures, landscapes, winter scenes, cityscapes, village scenes, farm activity, lakes, rivers, boats and genre*. His styles were Realism* and Plein Air*. His favorite painting location was the countryside around the Bay of Quinte on the north shore of Lake Ontario, near where he was born. MacDonald's formal art education includes the Albright Art School, Buffalo, New York [Aka: Buffalo Fine Arts Academy] (1910) ; the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, Massachusetts

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