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One of Britain’s most influential living artists, Sir Christopher Le Brun rose to prominence in the 1980s and continues to create works that celebrate light, depth, and the expressive possibilities of paint. This book offers an in-depth exploration of a compelling body of work produced over the past ten years.
Le Brun’s large-scale paintings are marked by lyrical abstraction, often drawing on myth, history, and literature. Using a rich palette and expressive brushwork, his canvases range from delicately light to densely layered with paint. Each page of this sumptuous volume reveals the artist’s dynamic approach to color, texture, and form, capturing the emotion and energy of his creative process.
Featuring an extensive full-color plates section—including five expanding foldouts—alongside a critical narrative by art historian Matthew Holman and illustrated footnotes detailing Le Brun’s inspirations, this book provides a comprehensive look at one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary artists.
About the Authors
Sir Christopher Le Brun (b. 1951, UK) is among the leading British painters of his generation, creating both figurative and abstract works across painting, sculpture, and print. He served as President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 2011 to 2019, has been a trustee of major British institutions since 1990, and was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the arts.
Matthew Holman is Lecturer in Literature and Fine Art at the University of Hertfordshire. He received his PhD from University College London in 2020 and has held research and postdoctoral fellowships at The Courtauld Institute of Art, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Yale University, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies in Berlin. His first book, Frank O'Hara and MoMA: New York Poet, Global Curator, is published by Bloomsbury.
