Daphne McClure (born 1930) is an English artist who is notable for her paintings of her native

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Biography

McClure was born in

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and studied at the local Redruth Art School before continuing her training at

Hornsey College of Art Hornsey College of Art (a.k.a. Hornsey School of Art) was a college in Crouch End in the London Borough of Haringey, England. The HCA was "an iconic British art institution, renowned for its experimental and progressive approach to art and design ...

in London. She went on to study at the

Central School of Arts and Crafts The Central School of Art and Design was a public school of fine and applied arts in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1896 by the London County Council as the Central School of Arts and Cr ...

before working at the

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, ROH, in

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. McClure worked in the production department of the Opera House for many years as both a costume and set designer. In 1976 she left the ROH and moved to

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in Cornwall to concentrate on her painting. There she became a member of both the

Newlyn Society of Artists Newlyn Society of Artists, often abbreviated to NSA, is an artists association founded in 1896. It is based in Newlyn, Cornwall. It was founded by a group of local artists to organise exhibitions at the new Newlyn Art Gallery built by John Passmore ...

and the Penwith Society of Artists. She painted local landscapes often featuring derelict tin mining sites, small towns and harbours. Works by McClure were included in the exhibition, ''Some of the Moderns'' at the Belgrave Gallery in 1990 and in the ''Artists from Cornwall'' show at the

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in 1992. A solo show of her work was held at the Penwith Gallery during 1996 and 1997 and she twice won awards at the Newlyn Contemporaries exhibition in the late 1980s.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McClure, Daphne 1930 births Living people 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English painters 21st-century English women artists Alumni of Middlesex University Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design English women painters Landscape artists Painters from Cornwall People from Helston