The works of Jock Macdonald are held in collections across Canada. The Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Vancouver Art Gallery have sizable collections of Macdonald’s paintings and have each hosted retrospective exhibitions of his works. A number of Macdonald’s works are also held by The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, home to a significant collection of art by members of the Painters Eleven. Although the following institutions hold the works listed below, the works may not always be on view.
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen’s University
36 University Avenue
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
613-533-2190
agnes.queensu.ca
Jock Macdonald, Scent of a Summer Garden, 1952
Watercolour and coloured inks on paper
35.6 x 45.7 cm
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss Street
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
250-384-4171
aggv.ca
Jock Macdonald, The Argument, 1952
Watercolour and ink on paper
24.8 x 35.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Contemplation, 1958
Oil and Lucite 44 on Masonite
68.5 x 122 cm
Art Gallery of Hamilton
123 King Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
905-527-6610
artgalleryofhamilton.com
Jock Macdonald, Departing Day, 1939
Oil on canvas
71.5 x 56.1 cm
Jock Macdonald, Iridescent Monarch, 1957
Oil, acrylic, resin, and Lucite 44 on Masonite
106.7 x 121.9 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1-877-225-4246 or 416-979-6648
ago.net
Jock Macdonald, In the White Forest, 1932
Oil on canvas
66 x 76.2 cm
Jock Macdonald, Indian Church, Friendly Cove (recto of Departing Day), 1935
Oil on wood panel
37.9 x 30.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Departing Day (verso of Indian Church, Friendly Cove), 1936 (dated 1935)
Oil on wood panel
37.9 x 30.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Winter, 1938
Oil on canvas
56 x 45.9 cm
Jock Macdonald, Russian Fantasy, 1946
Watercolour and ink on paper
21.7 x 35.7 cm
Jock Macdonald, Untitled (Automatic), 1948
Oil on canvas
69.8 x 83.8 cm
Jock Macdonald, Fabric of Dreams, 1952
Watercolour on paper
37 x 46.9 cm
Jock Macdonald, From a Riviera Window, 1955
Watercolour on paper
42.8 x 32.6 cm
Jock Macdonald, Twilight Forms, 1955
Oil on canvas
79.8 x 99.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Slumber Deep, 1957
Oil and Lucite 44 on canvas
121.9 x 135.3 cm
Jock Macdonald, Fleeting Breath, 1959
Oil and Lucite 44 on canvas
122.2 x 149.2 cm
Jock Macdonald, Heroic Mould, 1959
Oil and Lucite 44 on canvas
183 x 121.8 cm
Jock Macdonald, Nature Evolving, 1960
Oil and Lucite 44 on canvas
111.8 x 137.2 cm
Art Gallery of York University
Accolade East Building, York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
416-736-5169
yorku.ca/agyu
Jock Macdonald, Growing Serenity, 1960
Oil and Lucite 44 on canvas
91.5 x 106.8 cm
Glenbow Museum
130 – 9 Avenue S.E.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
T2G 0P3
glenbow.org
Jock Macdonald, White Bark, 1954
Oil on hard board
102.2 x 81.3 cm
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at Hart House
Art Museum at the University of Toronto
7 Hart House Circle
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
416-978-8398
artmuseum.utoronto.ca
Jock Macdonald, Airy Journey, 1957
Oil and Lucite 44 on Masonite
112.5 x 127.5 cm
MacKenzie Art Gallery
3475 Albert Street
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
306-584-4250
mackenzieartgallery.ca
Jock Macdonald, Fugitive Articulation, 1959
Oil on canvas
107 x 121.9 cm
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
10365 Islington Avenue
Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
905-893-1121 or 1-888-213-1121
mcmichael.com
Jock Macdonald, Chrysanthemum, 1938
Oil on canvas
55 x 45.6 cm
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1380 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1-800-899-6873 or 514-285-2000
mbam.qc.ca/en
Jock Macdonald, The Wave, 1939
Oil and sand on canvas
102.2 x 82 cm
Museum London
421 Ridout Street North
London, Ontario, Canada
519-661-0333
museumlondon.ca
Jock Macdonald, Desert Rim, 1957
Oil and Lucite 44 on Masonite
119.7 x 134.6 cm
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1-800-319-2787 or 613-990-1985
gallery.ca
Jock Macdonald, Lytton Church, B.C., 1930
Oil on canvas
61.2 x 71.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Flower Study, 1934
Oil on fibreboard
45.7 x 38.1 cm
Jock Macdonald, Formative Colour Activity, 1934
Oil on canvas
77 x 66.4 cm
Jock Macdonald, Pilgrimage, 1937
Oil on canvas
78.6 x 61.2 cm
Jock Macdonald, Rain, 1938
Oil on canvas
56.2 x 46.2 cm
Jock Macdonald, Thunder Clouds Over Okanagan Lake, 1944–45
Oil on canvas
71.3 x 86.4 cm
Jock Macdonald, Batik, 1951
Aniline dye on cotton
95.5 x 96.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Obelisk, 1956
Pyroxylin lacquer and sand on canvas
101.5 x 61.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, All Things Prevail, 1960
Lucite 44 on canvas
106.7 x 122.1 cm
Jock Macdonald, Far Off Drums, 1960
Oil and Lucite 44 on canvas
91.3 x 106.6 cm
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
72 Queen Street
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
905-576-3000
rmg.on.ca
Jock Macdonald, Orange Bird, 1946
Watercolour on paper, laid down
18.5 x 26.4 cm
Jock Macdonald, Phoenix, c. 1949
Watercolour and ink on paper
25.4 x 35.7 cm
Jock Macdonald, Flood Tide, 1957
Oil and Lucite 44 on Masonite
76 x 121.9 cm
Jock Macdonald, Rust of Antiquity, 1958
Oil and Lucite 44 on Masonite
106.5 x 121.4 cm
Royal BC Museum
675 Belleville Street
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
250-356-7226
royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Jock Macdonald, The Black Tusk, Garibaldi Park, 1934
Oil on board
28.9 x 36.5 cm
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Road
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
+44 (0)131 624 6200
nationalgalleries.org
Jock Macdonald, Untitled [10.20 p.m., September 16, 1945], 1945
Ink on paper
22.8 x 30.4 cm
Jock Macdonald, Untitled [October 26, 1945 – 1], 1945
Watercolour and ink on paper
22.3 x 30.4 cm
Jock Macdonald, Untitled [October 26, 1945 – 2], 1945
Watercolour and ink on paper
22.3 x 30.3 cm
Jock Macdonald, Untitled [October 26, 1945 – 3], 1945
Watercolour and ink on paper
22.8 x 30.4 cm
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
604-662-4719
vanartgallery.bc.ca
Jock Macdonald, The Black Tusk, Garibaldi Park, B.C., 1932
Oil on canvas
71 x 90.8 cm
Jock Macdonald, Graveyard of the Pacific, 1935
Oil on board
31 x 38.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Indian Burial at Nootka, 1935
Ink on paper with pencil grid laid over top
7.4 x 4 cm
Jock Macdonald, Etheric Form, 1936 (dated 1934)
Oil on panel
38.1 x 30.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Nootka Lighthouse, Nootka, B.C., 1936
Watercolour on paper
25 x 25.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Fall (Modality 16), 1937
Oil on canvas
71.1 x 61 cm
Jock Macdonald, Indian Burial, Nootka, 1937
Oil on canvas
91.9 x 71.8 cm
Jock Macdonald, B.C. Indian Village, 1943
Gouache on paper
76.3 x 101.5 cm
Jock Macdonald, Memory of Music, 1959
Oil on canvas board
81 x 100 cm
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