Artist: Jock Macdonald (1897 - 1960)
Nationality: Scottish-Canadian
Movement: Surrealism
Media: Painting
Influences:

Biography:
Jock MacDonald was born in Scotland but moved to Canada in 1926 to become a professor at the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. He was initially inspired by the Group of Seven’s work but began painting abstracts in 1934. He continued to paint in this manner for quite sometime, later infusing Surrealist elements into his work. He was an influential professor at several art colleges in Canada and helped spur the modern art movement in the country.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
Click the artwork titles below to see actual examples of artwork or works of art relevant to works by Jock Macdonald.

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Jock Sturges Title: Christina, Christy, Dawn and Alysa Date: 1989 Medium: gelatin silver print
-
Julie et Christiene: Montalivet, France, Jock Sturges (United States, New York, New York City, born 1947)  (Artist), 1990, Gelatin-silver print
-
James Jebusa Shannon - Portrait of Diana MacDonald 1894 oil on canvas Brighton and Hove Museums English
-
Eglise de Breuil le Vert (Oise) (titre factice) (1864) by R J J ; MACLURE MACDONALD & MACGREGOR (lithographe) ; MACLURE (lithographe) ; MACDONALD (lithographe) ; MACGREGOR (lithographe)
-
Film for Kineidoscope, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , no date, Black and white 16 mm film
-
Stanton Macdonald-Wright Untitled Etching 1962
-
Carl Mayer Macdonald 18th - 19th century
-
Kineidoscope Machine #2 (color-light machine), Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1969, Machine; metal and plastic color filters
-
Synchrome Kineidoscope (color-light machine), Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1960-1969, Machine; metal and plastic color filters
-
Brown Basket, David MacDonald (United States, born 1946)  (Artist), 1987, Stoneware
-
John MacDonald Aiken Margaret etching 19th - 20th century
-
Tree, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1933, Graphite on paper
-
Santa Monica, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1933, Pencil on paper
-
Clump of Trees before a House, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1938, Lithograph
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Rev. Dr. John Macdonald
-
With All One’s Might, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1956, Crayon drawing on paper (?)
-
John MacDonald Aiken Interior of St. Patrick's, Rouen etching on old paper 19th - 20th century
-
Jeanette MacDonald, Clarence Sinclair Bull (United States, 1895 - 1979) , circa 1932, Gelatin-silver print
-
Portrait of Riza Royce, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1932, Oil on canvas
-
Misty Peaks, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1933, Graphite on drawing board
-
O Flying Butterfly, I Feel Myself a Creature of Dust, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1966-1967, Woodcut
-
In the Hand the Firefly Makes a Cold Brilliance, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1966-1967, Woodcut
-
An Old Pond, a Frog Leaps in the Sound of Water, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1966-1967, Woodcut
-
Wild Sea and the Milky Way Athwart the Island of Sado, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1966-1967, Woodcut
-
On a Journey Ill, My Dreams Wander Over the Withered Moon, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1966-1967, Woodcut
-
Santa Monica, Malibu, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1933, Graphite on drawing board
-
Synchromy in Purple, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , late 1918-early 1919, Oil on canvas
-
Camera designed for Kineidoscope Machine, Jules Elkind (born 1915)  (Artist), circa 1950s-1960s, Camera; metal, plastic and glass
-
Cruel Heat, My Mind in a Whirl, I Listen to the Thunder Rumble, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (United States, Virginia, Charlottesville, 1890 - 1973) , 1966-1967, Woodcut
-
Costume for Jeanette MacDonald in the MGM production of ’Maytime’; Woman’s Two-piece Suit, Gilbert Adrian (United States, 1903 - 1959) , 1937, Silk velvet, lace, and satin ribbon
-
Stanton Macdonald-Wright - Synchromy in Purple 1918-1919 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
Museum of Fine Arts -
Carved hacha Veracruz Classic period, A.D. 500–800 Gulf Coast region, México, Veracruz Black diorite with
-
Costume for Jeannette MacDonald in the MGM production of ’Bittersweet’; Woman’s Two-piece Suit, Gilbert Adrian (United States, 1903 - 1959) , 1940, Silk, velvet with ecru lace engageantes, and velvet bow
-
Stanton Macdonald-Wright - Portrait of Riza Royce 1932 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
-
Le Maréchal Macdonald (2e moitié 19e siècle) by CASANOVA François Joseph (d'après)
-
Stanton Macdonald Wright - Abstraction on Spectrum (Organization 5) 1914-17 oil on canvas Des Moines Art Center American
-
Stanton MacDonald-Wright Il Solo Catastrofico watercolor on paper 1971
-
ETIENNE-JACQUES-JOSEPH-ALEXANDRE MACDONALD, DUC DE TARENTE, MARECHAL DE FRANCE (1765-1840) (1837) by ROUILLARD Jean Sébastien
-
Roi (Roy) Partridge Dancing Water etching 1911
-
Gilbert Charles Stuart James MacDonald of Inglesmauldie oil on canvas circa 1785
-
Stephen Parrish Fishermen's House, Cape Ann ET 49
-
Pedro Joseph Lemos Russian River etching 1915
-
Randall Borough Camp Bohemia mixed Media, color 1915
-
Robert Harshe San Lorenzo etching early 20th century
-
Robert Swain Gifford An October Day etching 1881
-
Henry Farrer The Road etching circa late 19th century
-
Otto Henry Bacher Harbor etching and drypoint 19th - 20th century
-
James David Smillie Poppies, Goodnight and Sweet Dreams Drypoint 1888
-
AndrÈ J. Smith Brookville, Long Island Etching early 20th century
-
George T. Plowman American - Mexicali, Mexico Etching 1911
-
Piscine, Morgan Russell (United States, New York, New York City, 1886 - 1953) , 1933, Oil on canvas
-
Jan Stussy Acrobat Family Variations Lithograph with transfer process 1964
-
Frederick Stuart Church A Cold Morning Etching and drypoint 19th - 20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Washstand, 1904 Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish, 1868-1928), DesignerOak, ceramic tile, lead, colored and mirror glass;
-
Joseph Pennell Pilot Town, La. (Untitled) Etching 1882
-
Woman’s Wedding Dress and Veil, Gilbert Adrian (United States, 1903 - 1959) , 1937, Silk organza, silk taffeta, linen lace
-
Anonymous A page of calligraphy from the Lady Coote Album Ink on paper mounted to an album page with elaborately ornamented borders in ink,transparent and opaque watercolor and gold paint circa 1780
-
Anonymous A page of calligraphy from the Lady Coote Album Ink on paper mounted to an album page with elaborately ornamented borders in ink,transparent and opaque watercolor and gold paint circa 1780
-
Francesco Guardi The Doge of Venice Receiving Ambassadors in the Sala dei Collegio, after the painting by Francesco Guardi in the Louvre Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of graphite on laid paper 19th century
-
Anonymous A page of calligraphy from the Lady Coote Album Ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and gold paint on paper mounted to an album page with elaborately ornamented borders in ink,transparent and opaque watercolor and gold paint circa 1780

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (20)
Click on any of the links below to read about artnews or exhibitions related to Macdonald

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Color, Myth, and Music:Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism
Among his many accomplishments, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, along with fellow American painter Morgan Russell, fathered the Synchromism movement. Convinced that color and sound were equivalent phenomena and that one could o...
Andrew Mummery Gallery: Paintings of Peter Lynch
It would be a mistake to read Lynch's work purely in terms of the history of modernist abstraction or see it as purely "process painting". Although Lynch undoubtedly, and not always seriously, plays with modernist tropes, something more fundamenta...
Artangel: Giya Kancheli: Imber
For three nights over August Bank Holiday, Imber will finally lay its past to rest – the result of a three year-long project commissioned by Artangel with the support of the British Army and the Diocese of Salisbury. Transformed by a special...
Yale School of Architecture Galleries: Transcending Type:
"Transcending Type" presents their designs, which range from the "humanized" highway interchange by the firm Reiser + Umemoto to the installation by Predock_Frane for a contemplative space, made up of 5,000 barely visible green and white suspended...
Textile Museum of Canada: Irene Avaalaaqiaq: Myth and Reality
Avaalaaqiaq is deeply committed to preserving her heritage and making it accessible to an international audience. Much of her work focuses on Inuit legends passed along by her grandmother, as well as a world view derived from oral tradition and ex...
Art Gallery of Ontario: In Light: Video Installation by Seth Price
The Art Gallery of Ontario is proud to highlight the importance of video art. Begun on April 6, 2002 and running until April 4, 2004, an exhibition series entitled In Light presents video installations by eight contemporary artists. This two-year ...
Santa Barbara Museum of Art: Focus on the Figure: Southern California Artists (1850-1950)
Almost all the figurative artists who gathered in the artistic communities of southern California during that time had studied in Eastern and European academies which stressed the primacy of the figure. Arriving in California, they faced two chal...
Frick Collection: Whistler, Women, and Fashion
The exhibition is organized by Susan Grace Galassi, Curator at The Frick Collection, and Margaret F. MacDonald, a leading Whistler scholar and Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for Whistler Studies at the University of Glasgow; Aileen Ribe...
Cambridge Galleries: Translinear: 12 Canadian Artists
The concise premise of the exhibition is that painting has a particular visual language and that paintings exist to generate a state of awareness or understanding on the part of the viewer which is not limited by context, time or place. By bringin...
City Gallery Wellington, 360-Michael Hirschfeld Gallery: John Drawbridge - Wide Open Interior
John Drawbridge has been a leading figure in New Zealand printmaking since his return from study in England and Europe in the mid-1960s. His paintings are less well known but equally impressive. Wide Open Interior is the first exhibition to p...
Plug In: Plug In Sells Out - Invest Online in Cultural Commodities
Whats on the auction block-
Bid on artworks by the following acclaimed artists: Stephen Andrews
Ivan Eyre
Lorri Millan
Dick Averns
Ken Gregory
George Bures Miller
Kathryn Bemrose
Al Hansen
...
artsdepot gallery: Pressure: Photographs by Horace Ové
He was active during this period, working alongside artistic factions and political activists, but at the same time had the vision and artistic ability to document events, individuals and the gatherings of black peoples from Africa, Caribbean a...
Gasworks Gallery: Shelf Life: Works by 12 International Artists Curated by smith + fowle
Artists included are: Bitterkomix (SA), Maria Hedlund (SW), Paul Khera (UK), Robert Linder (USA), Euan Macdonald (C), Kerry James Marshall (USA), Robin Rhode (SA), Freddie Robins (UK), Dario Robleto (USA), Will Rogan ...
Graves Gallery, Museums Sheffield: Robert Mapplethorpe : Works from the 70s and 80s
IMAGE
Robert Mapplethorpe,
Patti Smith, 1975
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Born in 1946, American artist Robert Mapplethorpe produced some of the most striking images of the last 50 years. Garnering fame and notoriety in e...
Royal College of Art: THE SHOW 2001
The Show 2001 is the Royal College of Art's internationally renowned annual summer show which gives visitors the chance to experience the talents of postgraduate students from all over the world. Many of last year's graduating st...
Carnegie Museum of Art: Folds, Blobs, and Boxes: Architecture in the Digital Era
Joseph Rosa, curator of architecture at the Heinz Architectural Center, organized the exhibition. In just over a decade, we've seen the practice of architecture completely revamped by this new design software, he said. I doubt if architects w...
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery: Art = Body + Mind: How Psychic and Physical Health Inform Artistic Expression
Thorne Director Maureen Ahern curated “Art = Body + Mind” to converge with the campus’ growing commitment to integrative learning and practical application of education. “’Art = Body + Mind’ brings together several media to show how an event, seri...
Vancouver Art Gallery: E.J. Hughes: Work from the Early 1930s to Present
Hughes remarkable career as an artist, which continues to this day, spans 70 years and encompasses his work as a gifted printmaker, successful muralist, outstanding Canadian war artist and prolific painter. His paintings depict land, sea and smal...
Museum of Fine Art, Glassell School of Art: Innate Contours: James Surls Drawings Glassell School of Art

Without question, James Surls is one of Texass most acclaimed artists of the late twentieth century, said Valerie Loupe Olsen, curator of the exhibition and associate director of Glas...
Vancouver Art Gallery: Expanding Horizons : Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918
"The revolutionary approach of Expanding Horizons makes a major contribution to the understanding of landscape art in North America," said Kathleen Bartels director of the Vancouver Art Gallery. "The Gallery is proud to offer visitors the first op...

Further Artwork and Information:

Concordia University Art History Theses Abstracts On-line
Jock Macdonald (1873 - 1932) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Jock MacDonald
Jock MacDonald - Artist Painting Prices, Art Appraisal, Artist Paintings [AskART.com]
Jock MacDonald
Jock Macdonald :: Hollywood.com
Jock MacDonald, Amateurdetektiv
IFILM - Jock MacDonald
MSN Encarta - Jock Macdonald
Jock MacDonald - Filmography - Yahoo! Movies

Search the Art History Database for artists, titles, media, year, and other indepth information: