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Grant Kenneth MacDonald

Male 1909 - 1987  (78 years)


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  • Name Grant Kenneth MacDonald 
    Born 1909  Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Interesting artist 
    Military WW2 - Navy Artist 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-166631 
    Died 18 Sep 1987  Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I166631  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Rev. Kenneth J. MacDonald,   b. CA 1880, Of, Montreal, Ile DE Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Rilla G.,   b. Abt 1880, Of, Montreal, Ile DE Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F47745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • GRANT MACDONALD 1909-1987

      Grant Kenneth MacDonald, one of Canada's most successful portrait painters, was born in Montreal the son of the Rev. Kenneth J. MacDonald and his wife and Rilla G. MacDonald. The family moved to Galt while he was still a child and he was educated at the Galt Collegiate Institute where he did all the illustration work for the school and for the school paper. He began painting portraits while at the Galt Collegiate Institute and it was this type of work that was to make him famous. After graduation Mr. MacDonald went to work for a Toronto newspaper in 1929 and 1930 while attending the Ontario College of Art as a part time student. He was the Royal Canadian Navy's official artist during the Second World War and his illustrated chronicle of navy life "Sailor", was published in 1945. His work has been published in newspapers and magazines in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. His skills as a portrait painter brought him into the circle of the Royal family and the world of the theatre where he was commissioned to paint many of this century's dominant theatre figures. Mr. MacDonald was closely associated with the University of Montreal from 1948 to 1965 where he taught summer school. Mr. MacDonald never married and died in Kingston Ontario on September 18, 1987.

      Sources:
      1. Obituary Cambridge Reporter Monday September 21, 1987.
      2. Obituary Cambridge Times Wednesday September 23, 1987.
      3. Obituary Toronto Globe and Mail Thursday September 24 1987.



      Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1909 - Montreal, Ile de Montreal, Quebec Link to Google Earth
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