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André-Jean Lebrun
Born1737
Paris, France
Died1811
Vilnius, Lithuania
NationalityFrench
OccupationSculptor

André-Jean Lebrun (1737–1811) was a French sculptor.

Life

Kyrylo Rozumovskyi (1766) by Andre-Jean Lebrun
Allegories of Justice and Peace (1771) in the Marble Room at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

André-Jean Lebrun was born in Paris in 1737. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.[1] Lebrun won the Grand Prix of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1756.[2] He tied with the sculptor Pierre-François Berruer (1733–1797), winning a scholarship to the Villa Medici in Rome.[3] In Rome he made a number of statues for the church of San Carlo al Corso.[1] These included a statue of Judith. He also carved a bust of Pope Clement XIII (1768).[4] He became a member of the Académie de Saint-Luc and the Académie de Marseille.[2]

Lebrun was invited to Poland at the recommendation of Madame Geoffrin.[4] He was appointed chief sculptor to King Stanisław August Poniatowski.[5] He also worked in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he made a bust of the Empress Maria Feodorovna.[4] In 1804 he became professor of sculpture at Vilnius University.[4]

He died in Vilnius in 1811.[1]

Works

The Louvre holds three drawings by Lebrun:[2]

  • Trois jeunes femmes drapées à l'antique, dansant devant un buste
  • Composition allégorique avec Athéna
  • Neptune tenant son trident, dans un médaillon orné

Sculpture includes:

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Lebrun, André-Jean, Treccani.
  2. ^ a b c LEBRUN André Jean, Louvre.
  3. ^ Buscot 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d André-Jean Lebrun, Devoir-de-philosophie.
  5. ^ Brunaux 2014.

Sources

  • "André-Jean Lebrun". Devoir-de-philosophie.com. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  • Brunaux, Camille (2 May 2014). "André Jean Lebrun (1737–1811)". La Tribune de l’Art (in French). Retrieved 2014-07-02. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Buscot, Nella (2014). "Pierre François Berruer". Retrieved 2014-06-30. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • "LEBRUN André Jean" (in French). Louvre. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  • Lebrun, André-Jean (in Italian). Retrieved 2014-07-02. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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