# Manly Edward MacDonald artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/manly-edward-macdonald/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:45:08.292Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Canadian
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Manly Edward MacDonald](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Manly_E._MacDonald%2C_A.R.C.A._%28I0007919%29.jpg/1280px-Manly_E._MacDonald%2C_A.R.C.A._%28I0007919%29.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manly_E._MacDonald,_A.R.C.A._(I0007919).jpg

## About Manly Edward MacDonald

Manly Edward MacDonald (1889–1971) was a Canadian artist identified in Wikidata and VIAF, where his preferred authority form is “MacDonald, Manly Edward” and the shorter “Manly E. MacDonald” appears as an alternate name. A collected biographical source describes him as an impressionistic painter born at Point Anne near Belleville, Ontario. Because that stylistic and birthplace information is presently supported only by Wikipedia in this source pack, it is best treated as useful context rather than a fully documented scholarly biography. Collectors may encounter MacDonald through paintings attributed to him and auction listings recorded under variations of his name. Authority identifiers from Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, and Wikidata help distinguish him from similarly named people and support consistent cataloguing. More institutional evidence is still needed for his training, exhibition history, subjects, working periods, and any formal movement affiliation.

## Common works and media

Painting is the only work type supported by the collected biographical material, which describes MacDonald as a painter. The source pack does not establish specific media, recurring subjects, print editions, sculpture, ceramics, named series, or periods, so those categories should be added only after stronger institutional or lot-level documentation is collected.

## Market and appraisal context

For an object offered as a work by MacDonald, the first market task is to confirm that the catalogue name refers to the Canadian artist who lived from 1889 to 1971, using the linked authority records and known name variants. The Appraisily source signal associates public auction records with this artist page, but the collected excerpts do not provide individual lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, condition reports, dimensions, provenance, or attribution language. A responsible appraisal should therefore compare the specific object only with relevant, verifiable sales once complete records are available and should avoid drawing a price conclusion from the artist name or record count alone.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17421632
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96677970/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500184769
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manly_E._MacDonald
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/manly-edward-macdonald/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manly_E._MacDonald,_A.R.C.A._(I0007919).jpg