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david mcclure , casteldaccia , sicily 1956 . 20 february 1998 dundee , scotland lochwinnoch , scotland scottish david mcclure painting , drawing , printmaking 20 february 1926 david mcclure signature.jpg david mcclure , casteldaccia , italy 1956.jpg david mcclure -lrb- artist -rrb-
 david mcclure
david mcclure -lrb- artist -rrb-

david mcclure rsa rsw -lrb- 20 february 1926 -- 20 february 1998 -rrb- was a scottish artist and lecturer .
he is most well known for his paintings of still lifes , interiors , figures and family portraits as well as his landscape and townscape paintings of scotland , italy , sicily and spain where he lived and travelled throughout his life .
born in lochwinnoch in 1926 , mcclure graduated in the early 1950s from edinburgh college of art .
in his early career he spent significant periods working in spain , italy , sicily and later norway .
he spent the majority of professional life in dundee where he lived with his wife and family and taught at duncan of jordanstone college of art -lrb- now part of the university of dundee -rrb- from 1958 and spent the last two years of his career there as head of painting , post he took over from his friend , colleague and fellow artist , alberto morrocco , before retiring in 1985 .
