Peter Hugo McClure explained
Peter Hugo McClure (born August 19, 1947) is a British artist, poet and architect who is classified as a Geometric abstractionist.[1]
History
Peter was born in an RAF hospital in Venice, Italy to a Scottish Father and Serbian Mother.
He studied Art and Architecture at Waltham Forest Technical College, and Art at Ealing. He is best known for geometric art[2] which has influenced furniture design,[3] and featured on book covers[4] [5] and in magazines.[6]
McClure’s fascination for magic squares, prime numbers, the golden ratio and geometry has driven much of his artwork.[7]
McClure is currently living and working on the Kintyre peninsula.[8]
The Millhouse Gallery
In 1989, McClure took over the running of the Millhouse restaurant in Penzance and converted it into a mini arts centre as a gallery venue for chess and the arts.[9]
As the first and only vegan restaurant in Penzance at the time, it became a magnet for local and international celebrities including Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne and Susan (Shoe) Taylor who were regular visitors.[10]
Galleries and locations exhibiting his work
- Roberts & Margari Trust, North Virginia
- Arnold Ashkenazy Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
- Shoe Taylor / Jonathan Guinness Trust, Cornwall / Ireland
- Unity Church, Irvine, Orange County, USA
- Far North Regional Museum, Kataia, New Zealand
- Serbian Church, Ladbrooke Grove, London
- Bridgeman Art Library, Westbourne Grove, London
- Taipa Area School, Far North, New Zealand
- Sara Rudman Collection, Penzance, Cornwall
- "District & Urban" Enterprises, Westbourne Grove, London
- Keeping It Local, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Tyler Gallery, Mousehole, Cornwall, UK
- Wetherspoons Restaurant / Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
Exhibitions
- Google Plus[11]
- Castle Gallery, West Kensington, London - exhibition of photographs - November 1980
- St, Ives Public Library, Cornwall - April 1985
- Penzance Art Centre - April/May 1985
- H.S. Galerie, Heidelberg, F.R.D. - May 1985,
- Galerija Zel, Belgrade, Yugoslavia June 1985
- Koetshuis Kunst Galerie, Amsterdam, Holland Late June 1985
- International Photo Exposition, Belgrade, Oct.1985,
- Kunsthaus, W. Welker, Heidelberg, F.R.D. - April 1986
- Catania Opera House, Scicily - Sept. 1991
- Studio Gallery, Sky Park Circle, Irvine, California, USA March 1993
- Bakehouse Gallery, Penzance - Oct. 1996
- Penzer Gallery, Bread St. Penzannce, Cornwall - March 1997
- Far North Gallery, Kaitaia, N.Z. - Dec. 1999
- Taipa Beach Hotel, Far North, New Zealand - 2000
- Far North Regional Museum Summer 2001
- Local Council Gallery, Oneroa, Waiheke Island, New Zealand - Jan. 2001
- The Garage Studio, Lamorna, Cornwall - Aug/Sep 2002
- Chy Gwella, House of Healing, Penzance - Oct. 2005
- Lamorna Village Hall, Nr. Penzance - Aug. 2006
- St.Ives Arts Club, Cornwall - Oct. 2010 [12]
- Mounts Bay Contemporary, Western Promenade, Penzance, Cornwall - 2012
- Central Library, Hartlepool - April 2013
- Chelsea Art Fair, Summer 2017
- The Tyler Gallery, Mousehole, Cornwall - 2017
References
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Fine Art America Peter Hugo McClure (Artist). 9 November 2017.
- Marion Whybrow, St Ives, 1883 - 1983-1993: Portrait of an Art Colony, pages 207 and 226
- Web site: Furniture News Fraction trend for 2013. 10 November 2017.
- Bouras & Holt, Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Cambridge
- Rémi Bertrand, La Mandarine Blanch,
- Boston Magazine Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1993, p. 7–8
- The Cornishman Now showing, 13 October 2005
- Campbeltown Courier Geometric Painter's perfectly patterned pictures, 13 October 2017, page 18
- David Kemp, The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain, A Discerning Traveller's Companion, page 40
- The Cornishman Now showing, 15 August 2002
- Web site: Google Plus Peter Hugo McClure (Artist). 9 November 2017.
- Web site: St Ives Arts Club, Cornwall What's on archives. 14 November 2017.
