John McLean

(British, 1939–2019)

truckheim by john mclean

John McLean

Truckheim, 1991

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untitled by john mclean

John McLean

Untitled, 1968

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carillon by john mclean

John McLean

Carillon, 1998

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honit by john mclean

John McLean

Honit, 1983

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pogbie by john mclean

John McLean

Pogbie, 1985

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giardino by john mclean

John McLean

Giardino, 2017

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carillon by john mclean

John McLean

Carillon, 1998

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Biography

Timeline

1939
Born, Liverpool
1957 - 1962
University of St Andrews
1963 - 1966
Courtauld Institute, London
1974
Arts Council Award
1980
Arts Council Major Award
1981
Emma Lake Workshop, (guest artist) University of Saskatchewan, Canada
British Council Travel Award
1984
British Council Travel Award
1985
Artist in Residence, University of Edinburgh
1987 - 1989
Lived in New York

Exhibitions

2008
Poussin Review 2008: Form and Space, Poussin Gallery, London
2007
John McLean: Paintings, Poussin Gallery, London (solo)
Broadbent, London
2006
Poussin Review 2006: Recent British Abstract painting and sculpture, Poussin Gallery, London
Seventies Abstract Painting: Part II, Poussin Gallery, London
2003
Flowers Central, London
2001
British Abstract Painting 2001,Flowers East, London
Flowers East, London
Flowers Three, Flowers Central, London
Small is Beautiful: Self Portrait, Flowers East, London

Literature

Four Abstract Artists, The Fruitmarket Gallery, catalogue introduction, Duncan Macmillan, catalogue essay (Four Scottish Painters), Clement Greenberg, 1977
Critic's Choice, ICA, London, catalogue, John McEwen, 1978
John McLean, House Gallery, London, catalogue introduction, Tim Hilton, 1978
Contemporary British Artists, Saranjeet Walia, (Bergstrom and Boyle Books Ltd), London, 1979
The New Generation: A Curator's Choice, catalogue introduction, Kenworth Moffett, (Rhineberg Press), New York, 1980
The Hayward Annual, catalogue introduction, John Hoyland, catalogue essay (A Force Against the Basilisk), Tim Hilton, 1980
The British Art Show, Arts Council of Great Britain touring exhibition, catalogue essay, William Packer, 1980
The Heritage of Jack Bush, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Ontario, catalogue, Ken Carpenter, 1981
John McLean, Artspace Galleries, Aberdeen, Tim Hilton, 1981
Freeing the Spirit, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, catalogue, Catherine Wallace, 1987