Christopher Le Brun
Christopher Le Brun was a British painter, sculptor, printmaker and artist (born 1951). He was born at Portsmouth.
Also recorded as Christopher Mark Le Brun; Christopher Lebrun; Sir Christopher Mark Le Brun.
Christopher Le Brun in brief
- Born
- 1951
- Known for
- painter, sculptor, printmaker and artist
- Place of birth
- Portsmouth
Contents
Recognition and collections
Christopher Le Brun received John Moores Painting Prize. Work by Christopher Le Brun is held by Museum of Modern Art, Tate, National Galleries Scotland and Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Catalogued works
44 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1646 to 2015.
Prow, dated 1983, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 695.1990. Untitled (wreath II), dated 1984, held by Art Gallery of New South Wales, inventory 48.1986. Sir Bedivere, dated 1982, held by National Galleries Scotland, inventory GMA 2833. (Francis) George Steiner, dated 1999, held by National Portrait Gallery, inventory NPG 6524. Untitled, dated 1986, held by Tate, inventory T07948. Dream, Think, Speak, dated 1981, held by Tate, inventory T03454. Forest, dated 1987, held by Tate, inventory T05533. City Wing, dated 2013. Kingdom, dated 2015, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B2017.16. The Eye's Castle, dated 0000, held by Fitzwilliam Museum, inventory PD.45-2007. 'Oh! Death will find me' (from poem by Rupert Brooke), dated 1995, held by National Trust, inventory 353073. Sir Richard Carew Pole (b. 1938), dated 2007, held by National Trust, inventory 353092. Study for Siegfried, dated 1996, held by National Trust, inventory 353100. Union (Horse with Two Discs), dated 1999. Painting on a Red Ground, dated 1979, held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, inventory AC 3021. Painting on a Dark Ground, dated 1980, held by Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, inventory AC 3020. Painting, dated 1982. Painting, February 1982, dated 1982, held by Towner Eastbourne, inventory EASTG 2129. Hyperion, dated 1982, held by Museum & Art Swindon, inventory AG1983/560. Portrait of L. as a Young Man, dated 1984, held by Whitworth Art Gallery, inventory O.1985.1. Sir Tristram, dated 1984, held by Southampton City Art Gallery, inventory 10/1984. Heartland, dated 1986, held by British Council, inventory P5446. Grove, dated 1987, held by Harris Museum, inventory PRSMG : P2239. Study for 'Götterdämmerung – Approaching the Dragon', dated 1993, held by Southampton City Art Gallery, inventory 91/2013. Underworld, held by Victoria Gallery & Museum, inventory FA.1505. The Sense of Sight, dated 1986, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2015.439. Steven Campbell, Christopher Le Brun, Thérèse Oulton, recent works. Painting and Sculpture 2001. The Sovereign Artist. Christopher le Brun - New Painting. Christopher Le Brun. Giorgio Morandi. The Jabach Family, dated ca. 1660, oil on canvas, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2014.250. Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), dated 1789, oil on canvas, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 54.182. Alexandre Charles Emmanuel de Crussol-Florensac (1743–1815), dated 1787, oil on wood, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 49.7.53. The Sacrifice of Polyxena, dated 1647, oil on canvas, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2013.183. Autumn, from The Seasons, dated 1700/20, wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1954.260. Winter, from The Seasons, dated 1700/20, wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1954.261. The Dead Christ (recto); Child's Head (verso), dated 1646 (recto); 18th century (verso), pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, and traces of red chalk, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper, tipped on cream laid paper (recto), and red chalk transfer on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.375. Andromeda and the Sea-Monster, dated n.d., charcoal, with touches of stumping, heightened with traces of white chalk, on buff laid paper with blue and brown fibers, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.3802. The Hind Legs of a Horse, dated n.d., red and white chalk on brown laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, with a blue laid paper border, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2006.411. Neptune and Minerva Discussing the Foundation of Athens, dated n.d., pen and brown ink, with brush, brown wash and red chalk, on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.149. Prouteau, Dr. (fl. 1808-1813), Paris physician, dated 1808-1813, held by Wellcome Collection. Europe et sciences modernes : histoire d'un engendrement mutuel / sous la direction de Vincent Jullien & Efthymios Nicolaidis avec Michel Blay., dated [2012], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 13 named public collections.
Tate: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Trust: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Southampton City Art Gallery: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Modern Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Art Gallery of New South Wales: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Galleries Scotland: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Portrait Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Yale Center for British Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Fitzwilliam Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 117 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Le Brun, Christopher, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Le Brun, Christopher, Oxford Art Online, 2000. le Brun, Christopher Mark, (born 20 Dec. 1951), artist; President, Royal Academy, since 2011 (Professor of Drawing, 2000–02), Who's Who, 2007. Le Brun, Christopher Mark, (born 20 Dec. 1951), artist; President, Royal Academy, since 2011 (Professor of Drawing, 2000–02), Who's Who, 2007. Christopher Le Brun, painter-sculptor, Sculpture Journal, 2012. Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science, Science, 2015. Stress-based topology optimization for continua, 2010. Next-generation in vivo optical imaging with short-wave infrared quantum dots, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2017. Variants at multiple loci implicated in both innate and adaptive immune responses are associated with Sjögren’s syndrome, Nature Genetics, 2013. THE XMM-NEWTON WIDE-FIELD SURVEY IN THE COSMOS FIELD (XMM-COSMOS): DEMOGRAPHY AND MULTIWAVELENGTH PROPERTIES OF OBSCURED AND UNOBSCURED LUMINOUS ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, 2010. The GALEX-VVDS Measurement of the Evolution of the Far-Ultraviolet Luminosity Density and the Cosmic Star Formation Rate, 2004. DISSECTING PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT FOR ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS USING XMM- AND CHANDRA-COSMOS SAMPLES, 2011. The XXL Survey: I. Scientific motivations - XMM-Newton observing plan - Follow-up observations and simulation programme, 2015.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Christopher Le Brun studied at Slade School of Fine Art and Chelsea College of Art and Design. the recorded working language is English.
Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Positions recorded include President of the Royal Academy of Arts. Membership is recorded of Royal Academy of Arts.
Work by Christopher Le Brun is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Tate, National Galleries Scotland, Art Gallery of New South Wales and National Portrait Gallery.
Distinctions recorded are John Moores Painting Prize.
Chronology
- 1951Christopher Le Brun born at Portsmouth.
- 1981Dream, Think, Speak (Tate).
- 1982Sir Bedivere (National Galleries Scotland).
- 1983Prow (Museum of Modern Art).
- 1984Untitled (wreath II) (Art Gallery of New South Wales).
- 1986Untitled (Tate).
- 1999(Francis) George Steiner (National Portrait Gallery).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Christopher Le Brun, painter-sculptor, Sculpture Journal, 2012
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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le Brun, Christopher Mark, (born 20 Dec. 1951), artist; President, Royal Academy, since 2011 (Professor of Drawing, 2000–02), Who's Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Le Brun, Christopher Mark, (born 20 Dec. 1951), artist; President, Royal Academy, since 2011 (Professor of Drawing, 2000–02), Who's Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Le Brun, Christopher, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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- 6.
Open Library author record for Christopher Le Brun (Internet Archive), 5 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Christopher Le Brun.
scholarly index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Christopher Le Brun.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 9.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Christopher Le Brun (117 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 10.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 4 works naming Christopher Le Brun.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 11.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q5112716: Christopher Le Brun
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 12.
“Christopher Le Brun”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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