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Christopher Le Brun

Christopher Le Brun

1951
Painting
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
37
Assets Indexed
18
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contemporary Print Acquisitions, 1986�1988
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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Painting and Sculpture: Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1986–1987
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An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1984
About

Why this artist matters now

Christopher Le Brun works primarily in painting, producing large-scale canvases that draw on mythological and Romantic imagery through a gestural, heavily layered handling of paint. His compositions frequently evoke horses, spectral figures, and nocturnal landscapes rendered with an atmospheric density that resists narrative resolution. He served as President of the Royal Academy of Arts from 2011 to 2019, a tenure that placed him at the centre of British institutional art life. His paintings occupy a sustained dialogue with Northern European Romanticism while remaining grounded in the physical act of mark-making.

Source: Lisson Gallery · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Artworks (2)

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Images

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Christopher Le Brun (Wikipedia)
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City Wing (9582452802)
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Cardinal Newman 60 Threadneedle Street
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Royal academy summer exhibition varnishing day 2015 KM with CLB 2 (cropped)
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RA Summer Exhibition 2015, Varnishing Day, opening speech Christopher Le Brun
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Royal academy summer exhibition varnishing day 2015 CLB speech
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Royal academy summer exhibition varnishing day 2015 KM with CLB 2
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Representation & Collections

Represented by
Almine Rech
Current
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Victoria and Albert Museum
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Education

Slade School of Fine Art
Visual Arts
Chelsea College of Art and Design
Visual Arts
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionContemporary Print Acquisitions, 1986�1988
New York · 1988
ExhibitionContemporary Print Acquisitions, 1986�1988
Museum of Modern Art
New York · 1988
Group ExhibitionPainting and Sculpture: Recent Acquisitions
New York · 1986
ExhibitionPainting and Sculpture: Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art
New York · 1986
Group ExhibitionAn International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture
New York · 1984
ExhibitionAn International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art
New York · 1984