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He was one of the five artists shortlisted for a monumental sculpture commission, the Ebbsfleet Landmark (
Angel of the South) in 2008.[10] In 2011, he was the chief co-ordinator of the Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition. On 8 December 2011, he was elected president of the
Royal Academy[11] and interviewed about his role by the Guardian Professional Networks in 2013.[12] During his presidency, he was closely involved in the most significant redevelopment in the academy’s 250 year history.[13] Le Brun stepped down in December 2019.[14] He lives and works in London and is married to the artist
Charlotte Verity.[11]
Printmaking
Le Brun is an experienced printmaker working in etching, lithography, woodcut and monotype. He had long term collaborations with Peter Kosowicz and Simon Marsh of the former Hope Sufferance Press as well as Paupers Press in London,
Garner and Richard Tullis in Santa Barbara,[15] Michael Woolworth Publications in Paris and Graphic Studio in Dublin. Most recently, he has been working with Paragon Press in London.
Works
City Wing, 2009–13, 1,050 x 325 x 60 cm, bronze. A monumental sculpture was installed on Threadneedle Walk in Bank, London in 2013.
A cast of his large bronze sculpture, Union (Horse with Two Discs) 1999–2000, was acquired by and installed at the entrance to the
Museum of London in 2005. This was Le Brun's first large scale bronze.
Notable publications include Seven Lithographs 1989, Fifty Etchings 1991, Four Riders 1993, Wagner 1994, Motif Light 1998, Paris Lithographs 2000, Fifty Etchings 2005, Seria 2015–2016, Composer 2017, Doubles 2018, New Painting 2018.