RICO LEBRUN

CHRONOLOGY:
 

1900	Born in Naples, Italy
1918	Studies at the Naples Academy of Art
1924	Moves to New York
1935-36	Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
1936-37	Teaches at the Art Student's League of New York
1937-38	Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
1938-39	Teaches at the Chouinard Art Institute, New York
1940	Teaches at the Walt Disney Studios
1942-43	Teaches at Newcomb Art School
1945	Teaches at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
1947-50	Teaches at Jepson Art Institute
1947-53	Prizes awarded from the Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum, American Academy of Arts and Letters and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
1953-54	Teaches at Instituto Allende, Mexico
1945-46	Artist-in-residence, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California Lecturer At Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
1949	Exhibits at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
1950	Biennial shows, Venice, Italy
1951-52	Director of the Jepson Art Institute
1953-55	Exhibits at the Sao Paulo Museum of Modern Art, Brazil, 1st-3rd Bienal
1956	Taught at the University of California, Los Angeles Yale University, Norfolk, Connecticut
1960	Continues to work and exhibit following retirement
1964	Died in Los Angeles, California