Christopher le Brun
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Christopher le Brun (1951- ) is a British sculptor and painter. He studied painting at the Slade School of Art (1970-74) and Chelsea College of Art and Design, and following many exhibitions through the 1980s he was elected to the Royal Academy in 1996. He was one of the five artists shortlisted for the Angel of the South project in January 2008.
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[edit] Exhibitions
- 1980 - his first one-man exhibition, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
- 1982 - Zeitgeist, Berlin
- 1987 - Avant-garde in the eighties, Los Angeles
- 2005 - Contemporary Voices, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
[edit] Posts
- 1990-95 - Trustee of the Tate Gallery
- 1996-2003 - Trustee of the National Gallery
- 2000-2002 - Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy
- 2000-2005 - Trustee of the Dulwich Picture Gallery
[edit] Works
- Collections with holdings of his works include the Tate, the British Museum, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
- cast of his large bronze sculpture Union –Horse with Two Discs - installed in 2005 at the entrance to the Museum of London.
