Rico Lebrun


Rico Lebrun was an Italian-American painter and sculptor.
He was educated at the Naples Academy of Fine Arts and received practical training at a stained-glass factory. After emigrating to the United States in 1924, 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. He moved to California in 1936. He exhibited in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Toronto, and taught at Yale, the Art Students' League of New York, and UCLA. He is best known for his series of paintings on "The Crucifixion."

Life

Lebrun was born in 1900 in Naples, Italy. He initially studied banking and journalism before taking art classes at the Naples Academy of Art from 1919 to 1921. Following this he went to Florence, where he studied as a muralist.

Teaching

In 1958 Lebrun was a visiting lecturer of art at Yale University. He also taught at UCLA and Tulane University.

Awards

Lebrun's papers are held in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. His work is included in numerous collections, including: