Rico Lebrun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rico Lebrun

Italian artist (1900-1964)

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1900

Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 09-May-1964

Profession: painter, sculptor

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Rico (Frederico) Lebrun (December 10, 1900 – May 9, 1964) was an Italy-born, 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."