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Hugh Seaforth MacKenzie
Canadian (1928)
Hugh Seaforth MacKenzie is a Canadian artist.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an art work attributed to Hugh Seaforth MacKenzie (1928) was C$1,320 - paid for "Nude on Sofa" at Cowley Abbott in Toronto on Tue, Jan 23, 2024.
ArtValue.ca has 4 auction art sale records for their art results, with prices in the range of C$100 to C$2,500.
ArtValue.ca has 4 auction art sale records for their art results, with prices in the range of C$100 to C$2,500.
Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes
Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Hugh A. MacKenzie, he studied at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, where he received first class honours. He travelled in Europe and worked in Paris (1952). He took further study at Mount Allison University under Alex Colville (1952-54), where he received his B.F.A. MacKenzie began to attract attention in group shows as early as 1953. One of his oil paintings, “Freight Yards”, was reproduced in the Windsor Daily Star during the exhibition “Young Contemporaries” at the Willistead Art Gallery. For about four years, he worked as a commercial artist in Toronto (1954-59).