Facts: - caption: '' varnishing day '' , ra summer exhibition 2015 '' le brun during the opening speech on '' - field: painting , sculpture , printmaking - education: slade school of art 1974 -- 75 school of art 1970 -- 74 , chelsea - awards: john award 1983 daad 1987 -- 88 university of the arts moores fellowship 2011 painting prize 1978 & 1980 gulbenkian printmakers - birth date: 20 december 1951 - name: christopher mark le brun - nationality: british - image: royal academy summer exhibition varnishing day 2015 clb speech.jpg - birth place: portsmouth , england , uk Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of christopher le brun .
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christopher le brun pra -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- is a british artist , known primarily as a painter .he was elected president of the royal academy of arts in 2011 .