Richard Mclean
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Overview
Richard McLean was a leading artist in the Photorealist movement. He was born in 1934 in Hoquiam, Washington. Known for his paintings of horses with their owners, he used black and white photographs from monthly magazines dedicated to horse breeding and showmanship.
“His paintings are subsumed by a type of California spirit evident in their vibrant colors, which are reminiscent of Technicolor films or commercial photography. One of the 13 seminal Photorealist painters, McLean is also one of the foremost painters of horses in contemporary art.”
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Meet the Photorealists
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Photorealism of the 1960s
January 10, 2018Photorealism is a painting style that emerged in Europe and the USA in the late 1960s, the movement stemmed from a reaction against abstract expressionism...Read more