Peter Hugo McClure

Peter Hugo McClure (August 19, 1947) is a British artist, poet and architect who is classified as a Geometric abstractionist.[1]

Peter Hugo McClure
Born(1947-08-19)August 19, 1947
Venice
NationalityStateless, British
Known forAbstract Painting, Architect
Notable workPuzzle 1986
MovementGeometric abstraction

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]

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]

Jonathan Guinness, Shoe Taylor and Tom at the Millhouse, Penzance

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
  1. "Fine Art America | Peter Hugo McClure (Artist)". Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. Marion Whybrow, St Ives, 1883 - 1983-1993: Portrait of an Art Colony, pages 207 and 226
  3. "Furniture News | Fraction trend for 2013". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  4. Bouras & Holt, Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Cambridge
  5. Rémi Bertrand, La Mandarine Blanch, ISBN 2268056082
  6. Boston Magazine Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1993, p. 7–8
  7. The Cornishman Now showing, 13 October 2005
  8. Campbeltown Courier Geometric Painter's perfectly patterned pictures, 13 October 2017, page 18
  9. David Kemp, The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain, A Discerning Traveller's Companion, page 40
  10. The Cornishman Now showing, 15 August 2002
  11. "Google Plus | Peter Hugo McClure (Artist)". Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  12. "St Ives Arts Club, Cornwall | What's on archives". Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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