biography of Donald Cameron MACKAY (1906-1979)

Birth place: Fredericton, NB

Addresses: Halifax, NS

Profession: Painter, art historian

Studied: NS Col. Art (assoc., 1928, fel., 1929, D.F.A., 1970); Dalhousie Univ. (cert. fine arts); Chelsea Col. Art; Acad-Colarossi, Paris; Univ. Toronto, with Arthur Lismer; also with Prof. Jowett & Graham Sutherland.

Exhibited: Can. Soc. Graphic Arts, 1930-40; Art of the Western Hemisphere, IBM, 1940 (bronze med.); First Post War Can. Biennial, 1946; Allied Arts, Royal Archit. Inst. Can., 1953 (silver med.); Can. Sect. NY World's Fair; Royal Can. Acad.

Member: fel., Royal Soc. Arts; Can. Soc. Educ. through Art (pres., 1957-58); Maritime Art Assn. (pres., 1951-53); Can. Soc. Graphic Art (v. pres., 1934-40); Can. Arts Coun. (v. pres., 1956-58)

Work: Nat. Gal. Can., Ottawa; NYPL; NS Mus. Fine Arts; Prov. NS & Pub. Arch. NS; Teachers Col. NB. Commissions: three murals, Halifax Mem. Libr., 1951; first pres., Dalhousie Univ., Thomas MacCulloch, Dalhousie Senate, 1953; Jacques Cartier at Stadacona, HM Can. Ship Stadacona Wardroom, Halifax, 1955.

Comments: Preferred medium: oils. Positions: war artist, RCN, 1941-43. Teaching: instr. graphic arts, Northern Voc. Sch. Toronto, Art Gal. Toronto, 1931-35; instr., NS Col. Art, Halifax, 1935-39; spec. lectr. art hist., Dalhousie Univ., 1937-71; prof. art & prin., NS Col. Art, Halifax, 1945-71. Collections arranged: Halifax Bicentennial-200 Years of Art in Halifax, 1949; Development of Canadian Art, Halifax Mem. Libr., 1951; A Century of Painting in Nova Scotia 1800-1900, NS Col. Art, 1965. Research: topographical and portrait painters of the Atlantic provinces; silver and silversmith of the Atlantic provinces; Tsuba and sword furniture of Japan. Publications: auth & illusr.,Highlights of Nova Scotia History, 1930; co-auth., Master Goldsmiths and Silversmiths of Nova Scotia, 1948; illusr., Halifax Warden of the North, 1949; illusr., Tales of the Sea, 1952; auth. & contribr, many articles, 1940-71.