Rico Federico Lebrun (December 10, 1900 – May 9, 1964) was an Italian-American painter and sculptor.
Early life
editLebrun was born in 1900 in Naples, Italy.[4] Before he started his art career he began a two-year service in the Italian Army during World War 1. Then he studied banking and journalism before taking art classes at the Naples Academy of Fine Arts from 1919 to 1921.[4] Following this he went to Florence, where he studied as a muralist.[4] He received practical training at a stained-glass factory.[5]
Artistic career
editAfter moving to the United States in 1924,[5] he worked as a commercial artist in Pittsburgh and New York for several years. In the early 1930s he returned to Italy where he studied the frescoes of Luca Signorelli.[4] He moved to California in 1936. He exhibited in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Toronto. In the mid-1950s, his work focused on the experience of the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau.[4] He is best known for his series of paintings on "The Crucifixion."[6]
Teaching
editIn 1940, Lebrun taught at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, then at the Jepson Art Institute, also in L.A., from 1947–50, directing it from 1951-54 when it closed. In 1938 for one year and half, he presided art drawing classes at Disney during the production of Bambi.[7] In 1958 Lebrun was a visiting lecturer of art at Yale University.[8] He also taught at UCLA, Tulane University and the Art Students' League of New York.[4]
Personal life
editLebrun was survived by his filmmaker son David (b. 1944),[9] his widow, Constance, his mother, Assunta Lebrun, brother, Eugenio and sister, Maria.[4]
Awards
edit- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1936–37)[10]
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1937–38)[10]
- First Prize, "Abstract & Surrealist American Art", The Art Institute of Chicago (1947)
- Norman Wait Harris Silver Medal, The Art Institute of Chicago (1947)
- First Prize, "Artists of Los Angeles & Vicinity", Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1948)[11]
- Purchase Prize, "Illinois National Exhibition of Contemporary Painting", University of Illinois (1949)
- Second Prize, "American Painting Today", The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1950)[12]
- Award of Merit of the American Academy of Arts & Letters for "Outstanding achievement in the past five years in paintings" (1952)[4]
- Temple Gold Medal, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1953)[13]
- Lippincott Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1962)[14]
- Elected into the National Academy of Design (1962)[15]
- Purchase Award, "Third Biennial National Print Exhibit", Pasadena Art Museum (1962)[13]
- Joseph Pennell Award, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1963)[13]
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1962–63)[10]
Collections
editLebrun's papers are held in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.[16] His work is included in numerous collections, including:
- the Museum of Modern Art, New York,[17]
- the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[18]
- the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[19]
- the Whitney Museum of American Art,[20]
- The Jewish Museum, New York,[21]
- the North Carolina Museum of Art,[22]
- the Benton Museum of Art,[23]
- the Santa Barbara Museum of Art,[24]
- the Vincent Price museum of Art,[25]
- the Harvard Art Museum,[26]
- the Museo ItaloAmericano,[27] and
- the Claremont Museum of Art.[28]
- the Collection of Modern Religious Art, Vatican Museums[29]
References
edit- ^ "Rico Lebrun's Genesis". Pomona College Museum of Art. December 18, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ Sutton, Frances (April 29, 2020). "Framed: 'Genesis' is the divine judgment above Frary's steps". The Student Life. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ Lyon, E. Wilson (1977). The History of Pomona College, 1887–1969. The Castle Press. pp. 485–487.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Rico Lebrun, Artist, 63, Dead; Expressionist Painted Murals; Work Is Represented in Major Museums — Theme Was Good and Evil in Man". New York Times. May 11, 1964. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ a b "Drawings by Rico Lebrun - News - The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Drawings by Rico Lebrun at the Mirski Gallery". The Harvard Crimson. September 27, 1963. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ Barrier, Michael (2008). The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. University of California Press. pp. 148–149. ISBN 9780520256194.
- ^ Menil collection (Houston, Tex.).; Eva Hesse; Drawing center (New York).; Drawing Center (New York, N.Y.), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, Minn.)., Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) (2006). Eva Hesse Drawing. Yale University Press. pp. 52–. ISBN 0-300-11618-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ The Hog Farm Movie, 1967. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ a b c "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Rico Lebrun". www.gf.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Rico Lebrun - Biography". rogallery.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "The Metropolitan Museum of Art" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (1964). Rico Lebrun: an exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor in collaboration with the Newport Harbor Service League. Presented at the following participating galleries: Pavilion Gallery, Newport Beach, California, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colo., Portland Art Museum, Portland, Ore.
- ^ Ellen C. Oppler; Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery (Syracuse University) (1983). Rico Lebrun: transformations/transfiguration, "--changing what is disfigured into what is transfigured" : 13 November 1983-18 January 1984, Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, School of Art, College of Visual and Performing Arts. The Gallery.
- ^ Art Direction. Advertising Trade Publications. 1962. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Lebrrico" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Rico Lebrun - MoMA". www.moma.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Rico Lebrun - LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Turtle Soldier 1949". www.metmuseum.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Whitney Museum of American Art: Rico Lebrun". collection.whitney.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "The Jewish Museum". thejewishmuseum.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Art works of Rico Lebrun". Archived from the original on November 2, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Rico Lebrun". December 19, 2014. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Rico LEBRUN - Artists - eMuseum". collections.sbma.net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Vincent Price Art Museum - Collections". vincentpriceartmuseum.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Art for viewers' sake". April 16, 2014. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Lebrun, Rico – Women at the Cross - Museo Italo Americano".
- ^ "Permanent Collection - Claremont Museum of Art". claremontmuseum.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Collezione d'arte religiosa moderna – Musei Vaticani". August 24, 2020.