Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964
Variant namesRico (Frederico) Lebrun (1900–1964) was an Italian-born American painter, muralist, printmaker, illustrator and sculptor.
From the guide to the Rico Lebrun Papers, 1957-1965, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
Painter, teacher; Los Angeles, Calif.
Born in Naples, Italy, Lebrun studied at the Beaux-Arts Academy and the Academy of Arts and National Technical Institute in Naples, assisting fresco painters between 1918 and 1922. After moving to the United States in 1924, he became a commercial artist in New York City and taught at the Art Student League. He also taught at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Mexico and at the Americn Academy in Rome. He settled in California in 1938.
From the description of Rico Lebrun papers, 1935-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84557377
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) | |
| creatorOf | Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Lebrun, Rico (Frederico), 1900-1964 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| referencedIn | Selden Rodman papers, 1924-1972 | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| referencedIn | Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964. Correspondence. | New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection | |
| referencedIn | Belle Krasne Ribicoff papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Marian Gore "Art Scene" interviews and papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964. Correspondence and contracts. | New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection | |
| referencedIn | Straight, Michael Whitney. Michael Whitney Straight papers, 1931-2002. | Cornell University Library | |
| creatorOf | Rico Lebrun papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
| referencedIn | American Ballet Theatre records, 1936-ca. 1967 | The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. | |
| referencedIn | Jules Langsner papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Peter Howard Selz papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Frederick Hammersley papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Hilaire Hiler papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964. Rico Lebrun : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. | Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection | |
| creatorOf | Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1962. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Mills College Art Gallery letters | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Jules Langsner papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Rodman, Selden, 1909-2002. Selden Rodman papers, 1924-1972. | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| creatorOf | Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008. Enrico Donati, letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. | Getty Research Institute | |
| creatorOf | Rico Lebrun Papers, 1957-1965 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Howard Warshaw papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Frederick Hammersley papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Lewis W. Rubenstein papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Lebrun, Rico : Biographical file. | Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center | |
| creatorOf | Laurence E. Schmeckebier papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963 | Getty Research Institute |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Lewis W. and Erica Beckh Rubenstein | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Constance Lebrun Crown and David Lebrun | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Howard Warshaw interview | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Ed Moses | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Millard Sheets | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Clinton Adams | Archives of American Art |
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| associatedWith | Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002, | person |
| correspondedWith | American Ballet Theatre | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Berman, Avis | person |
| associatedWith | Berman, Avis. | person |
| associatedWith | Crown, Constance Lebrun | person |
| associatedWith | Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008. | person |
| associatedWith | Gore, Marian L., | person |
| associatedWith | Hammersley, Frederick | person |
| associatedWith | Hammersley, Frederick, 1919- | person |
| associatedWith | Hiler, Hilaire, 1898-1966. | person |
| associatedWith | Jacques Seligmann & Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Krasne Ribicoff, Belle | person |
| associatedWith | Langsner, Jules, 1911-1967. | person |
| associatedWith | Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin), 1900-1982. | person |
| associatedWith | Mills College. Art Gallery. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Moses, Ed, 1926- | person |
| associatedWith | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Perls, Frank | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Perls, Frank, 1910-1975. | person |
| associatedWith | Rattner, Abraham. | person |
| associatedWith | Ribicoff, Belle Krasne, 1924- | person |
| associatedWith | Rodman, Selden, 1909-2002. | person |
| associatedWith | Rubenstein, Lewis W. (Lewis William), 1908- | person |
| associatedWith | Schactman, Barry Robert, 1930- | person |
| associatedWith | Schmeckebier, Laurence Eli, 1906- | person |
| associatedWith | Selz, Peter Howard, 1919- | person |
| associatedWith | Sheets, Millard, 1907- | person |
| associatedWith | Straight, Michael Whitney. | person |
| associatedWith | Warshaw, Howard. | person |
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| California--Los Angeles |
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| Mural painting and decoration |
| Painters |
| Painters |
| Painting, American |
| Printmakers |
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| Sculptors |
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Birth 1900-12-10
Death 1964-05-09
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