Background
Lebrun, Rico was born on December 10, 1900 in Naples, Italy. Son of Eduardo and Assunta (Carione) Lebrun.
Lebrun, Rico was born on December 10, 1900 in Naples, Italy. Son of Eduardo and Assunta (Carione) Lebrun.
Came to the United States, 1924, naturalized, 1939.
1 son, David. Director Jepson Art School, Los Angeles, 1951-1952. Artist in residence Yale, 1958-1959, American Academy in Rome, 1959-1960. Guggenheim fellow, 1935-1937, 62-63.
Recipient 1st prize abstract and surrealist American art Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.
1st prize Arts of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, 1948. Purchase prize Contemporary Art Exhibition, University of Illinois, 1949.
2d prize American Painting Today, Metropolitan Museum Art, 1950. Award of Merit, American Academy Arts and Letters, 1952.
Temple gold medal Pennsylvania Academy, 1953.
Walter Lippincott prize Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1962.
Member National Institute Arts and Letters, National Academy of Design (associate academician).
Married Constance Johnson, July 19, 1948.