Sir Andrew Macphail Portrait - Macphail Homestead
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History of the Artefact:
Oil painting on canvas of Sir Andrew Macphail in McGill University academic dress. Sir Andrew in full front face view with a serious expression, white grey short hair, reddish medium length mustache, dark blue/green eyes and his left eye looking slightly off centre.
The painting is signed in the upper right corner ochre colour paint "Alphonse Jongers 1924". Alphonse Jongers was born in 1872 Mezieres, France and died in 1945. His fee ranged from $3000 to $5000 but he painted many of his friends for free. He lived at the Ritz Carlton in 1929, then, after the stock market crashed he moved out. He did return in later years to Ritz Carlton living there until his death at age 72. The Montreal Gazette in an editorial note "His portraits were marked by strength and realism, with a superb sense of colour.
Sir Andrew, who is in the painting was born in 1864 and educated locally at the Uigg School on Prince Edward Island and later at the Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. He received his degree in medicine from McGill University in Montreal, where he later became the first professor of the History of Medicine and the editor of the Canadian Journal of Medicine.
The Macphail Homestead displays artifacts of his experience in WWI as a Commander of a Field Ambulance Unit in France. Locally, he became a champion of Island farmers. His personal interest, combined with his research techniques, resulted in the development of higher quality tobacco and improved potato crops, making PEI a leader in the agriculture industry. His book, The Master’s Wife, a semi-autobiographical account of his life in rural PEI, is available for sale in the gift shop.
The painting is signed in the upper right corner ochre colour paint "Alphonse Jongers 1924". Alphonse Jongers was born in 1872 Mezieres, France and died in 1945. His fee ranged from $3000 to $5000 but he painted many of his friends for free. He lived at the Ritz Carlton in 1929, then, after the stock market crashed he moved out. He did return in later years to Ritz Carlton living there until his death at age 72. The Montreal Gazette in an editorial note "His portraits were marked by strength and realism, with a superb sense of colour.
Sir Andrew, who is in the painting was born in 1864 and educated locally at the Uigg School on Prince Edward Island and later at the Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. He received his degree in medicine from McGill University in Montreal, where he later became the first professor of the History of Medicine and the editor of the Canadian Journal of Medicine.
The Macphail Homestead displays artifacts of his experience in WWI as a Commander of a Field Ambulance Unit in France. Locally, he became a champion of Island farmers. His personal interest, combined with his research techniques, resulted in the development of higher quality tobacco and improved potato crops, making PEI a leader in the agriculture industry. His book, The Master’s Wife, a semi-autobiographical account of his life in rural PEI, is available for sale in the gift shop.