J. E. H. MacDonald pintor inglés-canadiense nacido en Durham

James Edward Hervey MacDonald RCA (1873–1932) was an English-Canadian artist and one of the Group of Seven who initiated the first major Canadian national art movement. He was the father of the illustrator Thoreau MacDonald. MacDonald was born on May 12, 1873 in Durham, England to an English mother and Canadian father, who was a cabinetmaker. In 1887 at the age of 14, he emigrated with his family to Hamilton, Ontario. MacDonald suffered a stroke in 1931, and spent the following summer recovering in Barbados. He died in Toronto on 26 November 1932 at the age of 59. He was buried at Prospect Cemetery in Toronto.