Christopher Le Brun Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Christopher Mark Le Brun
Honorific Suffix:PPRA
Birth Date:1951 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Portsmouth, England, UK
Spouse:Charlotte Verity
Works:Union (Horse with Two Discs)
Elected:RA (1996); PRA (2011–19)

Sir Christopher Mark Le Brun PPRA (born 1951) is a British artist, known primarily as a painter. President of the Royal Academy of Arts from 2011 to December 2019,[1] [2] Le Brun was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours "for services to the arts".

Biography

Le Brun was born in Portsmouth in 1951. From 1970–74, he studied for the DFA at Slade School of Art and for an MA at Chelsea College of Arts between 1974–75. He has taught and lectured at art schools, including Brighton, the Slade, Chelsea, Wimbledon and Royal Drawing School. A double prizewinner at the biennial John Moores Painting Prize, Le Brun was one of ten Shortlisted Prize Winners in 1978,[3] and won 3rd Prize in 1980.[4] His first solo exhibition was in 1980 with Nigel Greenwood Gallery[5] and soon after he was included in international exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale[6] and Zeitgeist at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.[7] His international art include, "An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture]" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1984, "Avant-garde in the Eighties"[8] at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1987 and "Contemporary Voices" at MoMA in 2005.

He was one of the five artists shortlisted for a monumental sculpture commission, the Ebbsfleet Landmark (Angel of the South) in 2008.[9] In 2011, he was the chief co-ordinator of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. On 8 December 2011, he was elected president of the Royal Academy[10] and interviewed about his role by the Guardian Professional Networks in 2013.[11] During his presidency, he was closely involved in the most significant redevelopment in the academy’s 250 year history.[12] Le Brun stepped down in December 2019.[13] He lives and works in London and is married to the artist Charlotte Verity.

Printmaking

Le Brun is an experienced printmaker working in etching, lithography, woodcut and monotype. He had long term collaborations with Peter Kosowicz and Simon Marsh of the former Hope Sufferance Press as well as Paupers Press in London, Garner and Richard Tullis in Santa Barbara,[14] Michael Woolworth Publications in Paris and Graphic Studio in Dublin. Most recently, he has been working with Paragon Press in London.

Works

Notable publications include Seven Lithographs 1989, Fifty Etchings 1991, Four Riders 1993, Wagner 1994, Motif Light 1998, Paris Lithographs 2000, Fifty Etchings 2005, Seria 2015–2016, Composer 2017, Doubles 2018, New Painting 2018.

Public collections

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sir Christopher Le Brun | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts. www.royalacademy.org.uk.
  2. Web site: Rebecca Salter PRA: the first female President of the Royal Academy of Arts | Blog | Royal Academy of Arts. www.royalacademy.org.uk. 11 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191211102922/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/rebecca-salter-pra-first-female-president-of-the-royal-academy. 11 December 2019. live.
  3. Web site: John Moores exhibition 11, 1978 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230510145638/https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/walker-art-gallery/exhibition/john-moores-exhibition-11 . 10 May 2023 . National Museums Liverpool.
  4. Web site: John Moores exhibition 12, 1980 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230510150310/https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/walker-art-gallery/exhibition/john-moores-exhibition-12-0 . 10 May 2023 . National Museums Liverpool.
  5. “Christopher Le Brun CV,” Lisson Gallery (website). https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/body/16102/Christopher_Le_Brun_CV.pdf (Accessed 13 Jan. 2021).
  6. La Biennale di Venezia: Arti Visive ’82 (Milan: Electa, 1982). [{{ISBN|9788820802912}}]
  7. Joachimedes, Christos M. and Rosenthal, Norman, eds., Zeitgeist (Berlin: George Braziller, 1984). [{{ISBN|9780807610954}}]
  8. Book: art, Los Angeles county museum of. Avant-garde in the Eighties: Exhibition Held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art 23 April-12 July 1987 /organised by Howard N. Fox .... 1987. County Museum of Art. 978-0-87587-138-7. en.
  9. Web site: The Ebbsfleet Landmark shortlist. 7 May 2008. The Guardian. 18 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012021/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2008/may/07/ebbsfleetlandmark. 7 November 2017. live.
  10. Web site: Christopher Le Brun becomes Royal Academy president. 9 December 2011. 18 November 2016. BBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20180911010337/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16105958. 11 September 2018. live.
  11. Web site: Arts head: Christopher Le Brun, president, Royal Academy of Arts. Matthew Caines. 2 July 2013. 18 November 2016. The Guardian. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031403/https://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2013/jul/02/christopher-le-brun-royal-academy-interview. 7 November 2017. live.
  12. “President of London’s Royal Academy of Arts to Step Down,” Artforum (30 Sept. 2019). https://www.artforum.com/news/president-of-london-s-royal-academy-of-arts-to-step-down-80931 (Accessed 13 Jan. 21)
  13. “Christopher Le Brun to Step Down as President of the Royal Academy of Arts,” Art Dependence (2 Oct. 2019). https://www.artdependence.com/articles/christopher-le-brun-to-step-down-as-president-of-the-royal-academy-of-arts/ (Accessed 13 Jan. 2021). See also “Christopher Le Brun Royal Academy President to Step Down,” Artlyst (26 Sept. 2019). https://www.artlyst.com/news/christopher-le-brun-royal-academy-president-step/ (Accessed 13 Jan. 2021).
  14. News: Flashback: Christopher Le Brun president of the RA, remembers working in his studio, 1986. Ranscombe. Siân. 11 July 2014. Telegraph Magazine. 20 November 2017. 74. https://web.archive.org/web/20180530062751/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/10953373/Christopher-Le-Brun-president-of-the-RA-remembers-working-in-his-studio-1986.html. 30 May 2018. live.
  15. Web site: The Collection MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art. 18 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119062131/https://www.moma.org/collection/works?locale=en&utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Prow&classifications=any&date_begin=Pre-1850&date_end=2016&with_images=1. 19 November 2016. live.
  16. Web site: The Sense of Sight. 2021-08-13. www.metmuseum.org.
  17. Web site: Christopher Le Brun, born 1951, British, Kingdom, 2015. Yale Center for British Art. June 19, 2022.
  18. Web site: Tate. Christopher Le Brun PRA born 1951. 2021-08-13. Tate. en-GB.
  19. Web site: Brunhilde. The Victoria and Albert Museum. 5 August 1994 .
  20. Web site: Collections Online British Museum. 2021-08-13. www.britishmuseum.org.
  21. Web site: Works by Christopher Le Brun Art Gallery of NSW. 2021-08-13. www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.

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