David McClure
RSA, RSW Born: 1926Place of Birth: Lochwinnoch
Died: 1998
David McClure was born in Lochwinnoch in 1926. He enrolled at Edinburgh College of Art in 1947, from which point he was to be associated with a group of highly regarded young painters including James Cumming, William Baillie, John Houston, Elizabeth Blackadder and David Michie.
McClure’s work sits solidly within that well-documented tradition of 20th century Scottish Painting characterised by strength of colour and confident handling of paint. As a bold and inspired colourist McClure had few equals. He is best known for his colourful, painterly still lifes and flower-pieces, his subject pictures of children’s dreams or religious figures and later his nudes and studio interiors. Landscapes too were a significant part of his work, inspired by harbour scenes from the East Neuk of Fife or the East Coast fishing villages above Dundee. In later years he produced lyrical coastal landscapes of north-west Sutherland.
David McClure was the subject of a solo exhibition in April 2019 - Art & Industry - Ardrossan to Millport. To view the catalogue accompanying this exhibition please click here. To watch edited highlights of Robin McClure discussing his father's work, please click here.
A selection of work is currently on exhibit in David McClure's A Sicilian Story exhibition from 3-26 February 2022.
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Piano and Dove View details
David McClure
Piano and Dove
1981gouache on paperH:45.5cm W:54cm£1,450Two Boats, Sicily View detailsDavid McClure
Two Boats, Sicily
1956gouacheH:42cm W:53cm£2,250Horseman and Ikons II View detailsDavid McClure
Horseman and Ikons II
1962oil on boardH:48cm W:38cm£3,850Teapot, Glass and Vase I View detailsDavid McClure
Teapot, Glass and Vase I
1956gouacheH:40cm W:61cm£1,750Plaice Setting View detailsDavid McClure
Plaice Setting
1991oil on boardH:31cm W:58cm£6,500Prov: Private collectionDavid McClure in Sicily View details-
Rooftops Sicily II View details
David McClure
Rooftops Sicily II
1956gouacheH:33cm W:44cmSoldStore and Houses, Sicily I View detailsDavid McClure
Store and Houses, Sicily I
1957gouacheH:46cm W:63cmSoldThe Ritualists II View detailsDavid McClure
The Ritualists II
1963oil on boardH:61cm W:95cmSoldFlorence and the Hills of Fiesole View detailsDavid McClure
Florence and the Hills of Fiesole
1956watercolour and gouacheH:46cm W:56cmSoldFlowers in a White Jug View detailsDavid McClure
Flowers in a White Jug
c.1994pastelH:35cm W:25cmSoldStorage Tanks and Pipes, Ardrossan View detailsDavid McClure
Storage Tanks and Pipes, Ardrossan
1954gouacheH:36cm W:53cmSoldWhite Chimney Stacks, Ardrossan View detailsDavid McClure
White Chimney Stacks, Ardrossan
1954gouacheH:49.5cm W:37cmSoldDried Flowers View detailsDavid McClure
Dried Flowers
1963oil on boardH:43cm W:22cmSoldFlowers in a Chalice with Butterfly View detailsDavid McClure
Flowers in a Chalice with Butterfly
oil on canvas boardH:49cm W:38cmSoldThe Shore View detailsDavid McClure
The Shore
1969oil on canvasH:64cm W:89.5cmSoldBlue Gate View detailsDavid McClure
Blue Gate
c.1992oil on canvasH:51cm W:61cmSoldStarry Night, Toledo, Spain View detailsDavid McClure
Starry Night, Toledo, Spain
1953oil on canvas on boardH:35.5cm W:53.5cmSoldThe Yellow Studio View detailsDavid McClure
The Yellow Studio
c.1969oil on canvasH:63.5cm W:76.5cmSoldStill Life on a Stool with a Pear View detailsDavid McClure
Still Life on a Stool with a Pear
1957oil on canvasH:51cm W:61cmSoldBoats and Floats View detailsDavid McClure
Boats and Floats
1974oil on canvasH:71cm W:91cmSoldGate Posts at Culkein - Drumbeg View detailsDavid McClure
Gate Posts at Culkein - Drumbeg
1994oil on boardH:38cm W:61cmSoldBeached Boat and Trees View detailsLoading
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