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Copyright The Artist / Malborough Gallery, NY | | | LeBrun, Christopher (1951 - ) UK
Banner, 1982
Oil on canvas; 149 x 197 cm 80's
UID 102-332
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Biography
British artist from Portsmouth. He studied painting at the Slade School of Art and the Chelsea School of Art in London. After his first one-man show at the Nigel Greenwood Gallery in London, in 1980, Le Brun swiftly developed an international reputation, he participated in important exhibitions around the world, namely Zeitgeist, Berlin 1982 and Avant-garde in the eighties, Los Angeles 1987. Between 1987 and 1988, he lived in Berlin as a guest of the German Academic Exchange Programme and, between 1990 and 1995, he was curator at the Tate Gallery in London. In 1996, he was elected to the Royal Academy. Currently he is a curator at the National Gallery and his work is present in several collections, among which are those of the Tate Gallery, the British Museum, the Courtland Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Exhibitions
Christopher Lebrun Galleria D'Arte Moderna, Italy 01-01-1983 ~ 31-12-1983
Contemporary Painters in The Berardo Collection Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 28-05-2005 ~ 28-08-2005
Uma Escolha numa Colecção Particular Galeria Valentim de Carvalho, Portugal 08-07-1993 ~ 28-07-1993
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Bibliography
Christie's, Contemporary Art, 1993 Published by Christie's
Christopher LeBrun, 1983 Published by Galleria d' Arte Moderna
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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