Lorne McKean

Lorne McKean
English  (b. 1939)

Lorne McKean began studying art seriously at the age of 11 when her work attracted the attention of Prince Serge Yourievitch, a contemporary and friend of Rodin, and under his guidance and encouragement she began modeling at his studio.

McKean was a student at the Royal Academy Schools and won the Leverhulme Scholarship, the silver medal for sculpture combined with architecture, and the Feodora Gleichen Scholarship. She had two sculptures accepted at the Royal Academy when she was only 20. She was elected a Member of the Society of Portrait Sculptors in 1969 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1972. She most recently won a commission from Nowich Union for a 27 foot bronze flight of birds in Leeds City Square.  Her exhibitions have been well received by the public and critics alike, and her work has gone to collections all over the world.