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According to an exhibit organized by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in 1980, Charles Macdonald's works "by and large fall into the school of "Sunday" painting". They are put forward as one dimension of a man whose life centered on self-sufficiency and self-teaching, whether as an engineer in concrete or as a poetic respondent to his native landscape in the more manageable material of pigment. These works continue our awareness of an unusual "common man", whose mode of expression was the miniature, whether by its impressionist style or organic scale"Others have suggested that "Macdonald's paintings also have historical value in addition to their artistic interest. Paintings like "Port Lorne on the Fundy Shore" and "Chipman Brook" provide a useful visual record of what many small Nova Scotian towns looked like before their docks fell to ruin and their roads were paved."
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Homestead Cows20th Century, Circa 1918
Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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Boy Watering Cows20th Century, Circa 1950
Lakeville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society.
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45 in Chipman Brook20th Century, Circa 1920
Chipman Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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Blomidon20th Century, Circa 1950
Blomidon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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Chipman Brook20th Century, Circa 1920
Chipman Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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Port George20th Century, Circa 1950
Port George, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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Refugee Cove20th Century, Circa 1920
Refugee Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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Ballantynes Cove20th Century, Circa 1950
Ballantynes Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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Cabot Trail20th Century, Circa 1950
Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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Wycogama20th Centrury, Circa 1950
Wycogama, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald Concrete House of Centreville
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Pleasant Bay20th Century, Circa 1950
Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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West Bay20th Century, Circa 1950
West Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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Moonlight Cove20th Century, Circa 1950
Credits:The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
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