Volume 61, Number 19 January 27, 2014 |
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Richard McLean McLean first began exhibiting his work in 1957 with a solo exhibition at the legendary Lucien Labaudt Gallery in San Francisco and inclusion in two group exhibitions at the Oakland Museum. He was closely associated with the first generation of "photo-realist" painters and became best known for his meticulous paintings of horses, a series he began in 1967. His work was included in many key international exhibitions, including "Twenty-Two Realists" at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1970) and "Documenta 5" (1972) in Kassel, Germany. In 2012, his work was celebrated in a retrospective "Master Artist Tribute" exhibition at the Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art in Moraga. Works by Richard McLean are in the permanent collection of prestigious institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oakland Museum of California and Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work has also been featured in scores of publications. McLean was hired to teach painting and drawing at SF State in 1965 and he remained on the faculty until his retirement in 1996. His classes in life drawing were always popular, featuring beautiful set-ups and dramatic spotlighting, and he produced many gorgeous drawings working alongside his students while offering feedback with self-effacing and very dry humor. He is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Darlene, and his children Ian and Caitlin. He is also much admired by generations of fellow artists and the thousands of students he trained at SF State.
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