Background
André-Jean Lebrun was born in Paris in 1737.
André-Jean Lebrun was born in Paris in 1737.
He studied under Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.
He tied with the sculptor Pierre-François Berruer (1733–1797), winning a scholarship to the Villa Medici in Rome. In Rome he made a number of statues for the church of San Carlo al Corso. These included a statue of Judith.
He also carved a bust of Pope Clement XIII (1768).
Lebrun was invited to Poland at the recommendation of Madame Geoffrin. He was appointed chief sculptor to King Stanisław August Poniatowski.
He also worked in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia, where he made a bust of the Empress Maria Feodorovna. In 1804 he became professor of sculpture at Vilnius University.
He died in Vilnius in 1811.
He became a member of the Académie de Saint-Luc and the Académie de Marseille.