Bruce McLean (British b. 1944) The Fireplace and the Lawn

Gouache, pastel and ink on paper 130cm x 117cm (frame size) £3500

Bruce McLean (British b. 1944) The Fireplace and the Lawn . Gouache , pastel and ink on paper Signed and dated 1987 (lower right), titled (upper left) 111 x 99cm (43½ x 38¾ in.). Frame Size 130 cmx 117cm. Provenance: Galerie Gmyrek, Dusseldorf

Bruce McLean (born 1944) is a Scottish sculptor, performance artist and painter. McLean was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 to 1963, and at Saint Martin's School of Art, London, from 1963 to 1966. At Saint Martin's, McLean studied with Anthony Caro and Phillip King.In reaction to what he regarded as the academicism of his teachers he began making sculpture from rubbish.McLean has produced paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, work with film, theatre and books. McLean was Head of Graduate Painting at The Slade School of Fine Art London He has had one man exhibitions including Tate Gallery in London, Arnolfini, Bristol, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, The Modern Art Gallery in Vienna and Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. In 1985, he won the John Moores Painting Prize.Mclean lives and works in London. His son is the architect Will McLean.