RL
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Italian artist
A.K.A.
Frederico Lebrun, Federico Lebrun
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
10 December 1900(Naples, Metropolitan city of Naples, Campania, Italy)
Death:
9 May 1964(Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Rico (Frederico) Lebrun (December 10, 1900 – May 9, 1964) was an Italy-born, Italian-American painter and sculptor.
Awards
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1936–37)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1937–38)
- 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)
- Purchase Prize, "Illinois National Exhibition of Contemporary Painting", University of Illinois (1949)
- Second Prize, "American Painting Today", The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1950)
- Award of Merit of the American Academy of Arts & Letter for "Outstanding achievement in the past five years in paintings" (1953)
- Temple Gold Medal, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1953)
- Lippincott Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1962)
- Elected into the National Academy of Design (1962)
- Purchase Award, "Third Biennial National Print Exhibit", Pasadena Art Museum (1962)
- Joseph Pennell Award, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1963)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1962–63)