Elected ARSA: 03/20/1963

Elected RSA: 02/10/1971

David McClure RSA was born in born in Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire in 1926. He was educated at Queen’s Park School in Glasgow and Edinburgh University, and attended Edinburgh College of Art, 1947–52, winning a travelling scholarship in 1952–3, then becoming an Andrew Grant Fellow, 1955–7. Between 1957–85 he taught painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, where he earned a reputation as a highly inspirational teacher. McClure was elected as an Associate of the RSA in 1971, becoming a full member in 1971.