Married to art

A NEW EXHIBITION at Harvey & Woodd at the top of Dundas Street represents the careers of by Beatrice M.L. Huntington (1889–1988) and her husband William ‘Spanish’ Macdonald (1883–1960).

Huntington’s works span seven decades and show her development and versatility as an artist from early sketches and designs through to formal portraits. Key examples in the collection show her brief but significant engagement with the European avant-garde in the 1920s as well as influence from her husband as they travelled together in Spain and France. A group of later works, dating from her return to painting after her husband’s death in 1960 represent her later style.

Macdonald is represented by a body of work from his time in Spain, mainly painted during the 1920s, but also by examples of his portraiture and notably by a lively self-portrait.

The collection includes a vibrant and very personal portrait of William Macdonald By F.C.B. Cadell, who was a close personal friend of both.

An exhibition of work by Beatrice Huntington and William Macdonald 13 - 25 June.