Christopher Le Brun

John Morgan

Hardcover | 26.04 x 3.81 x 34.29 cm | 320 pp

Booth-Clibborn Editions | 2001 | 9781861541253 

By his own definition, Le Brun himself is "the subject" of this monograph, which is a definitive account of the artist's achievements and presents us with a strong sense of work in progress from an evolving artist. 

Le Brun, who cites influences as diverse as Mallarme, Delacroix and Guston, helped to set the pace for a fresh attack in painting from the early eighties onwards with his startling explorations of classical subject matter. This first major survey of Le Brun's work includes commissioned paintings, prints, sculpture, and drawings, together with documentary images of studio interiors and notebooks in facsimile. It combines the classic monograph with an artist's perspective to produce a new hybrid, and a unique insight into the creative process.

An introduction by Charles Saumarez Smith, director of the National Portrait Gallery, an essay by Norbert Lynton, art historian and critic, and a dialogue with Bryan Robertson, former director of the Whitechapel Gallery, set Le Brun's work in context.