biography of Thomas F. MCCLURE (1920-2009)

Birth place: Pawnee City, NE

Addresses: Ann Arbor, MI

Profession: Sculptor, educator

Studied: Univ. Nebr. (B.F.A., 1941); Washington State Col., 1941; Cranbrook Acad. Art (M.F.A., 1947).

Exhibited: Momentum Midcontinental, Chicago, Ill, 1955; PAFA Ann., 1958, 1960; Detroit, 1958; 20th Ceramic Int., Syracuse, 1958; Contemporary Sculpture 1961, Cincinnati AM & John Herron AI, 1961; "Drawings USA," St. Paul, Minn., 1961; Gilman Gals., Chicago, IL, 1970s. Awards: first prize for painting, Northwest Artists Ann., Seattle, 1943; prize in sculpture, 12th Nat. Ceramics Ann., Syracuse, 1947; founders prize in sculpture, 45th Mich. Artists Ann., Detroit, 1954.

Work: SAM; Syracuse Mus. Fine Arts, NY; Detroit Inst. Arts, Mich.; Wright Mem. Ctr., Beloit Col., Wis.; DeWaters Art Mus., Flint, Mich. Commissions: large welded sculptural screen, comn. by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Ford Motor Co. Cent. Staff Off. Bldg., Dearborn, Mich., 1955; welded bronze relief, comn. by Victor Gruen Assocs., Eastland Shopping Ctr., Detroit, 1956; cast bronze relief, DeWaters Art Ctr., 1958; welded bronze free standing sculpture, comn. by Albert Kahn Assocs., Univ. Mich. Undergrad. Libr., Ann Arbor, 1959; cast bronze relief sculptures (ten), comn. by Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Detroit, 1969.

Comments: Preferred media: metals. Teaching: instr. design, Sch. for Am. Craftsmen, Alfred, NY, 1947-48; asst. prof. drawing & design, Univ. Okla., 1948-49; prof. sculpture, Univ. Mich., 1949-.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.