Richard Thorpe McLean (1934 - 2014)

Richard Thorpe McLean

Richard Thorpe McLean was a leading artist in the Photorealist movement. He became well known for painting horses and western American subject matter in a photorealist style. Like other West Coast photorealists, he was included in the exhibitions Twenty-Two Realists at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1970) and Documenta 5 (1972) in Kassel, Germany. McLean taught at San Francisco State University for thirty years.

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Date and place of birt:	12 april 1934, Hoquiam, USA
Date and place of death:	2014, Castro Valley, USA
Nationality:	USA
Period of activity:	XX, XXI century
Specialization:	Animalist, Artist, Engraver, Genre painter, Graphic artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:	Animalistic, Genre art, Nude art, Landscape painting, Portrait
Art style:	Realism, Photorealism, Contemporary art
Technique:	Pencil, Engraving, Hand graphic, Lithography, Oil, Oil on canvas, Watercolor