Christopher Le Brun has been a celebrated British painter, printmaker and sculptor since the early 1980s; he was also an instrumental public figure in his role as President of the Royal Academy of Arts from 2011 to 2019. Le Brun has received many honours: he is a former trustee of Britain's National Gallery of Art and the Tate Gallery. For the Royal Mint of Great Britain, he designed a new 50-Pence piece. His sculpture Union (Horse with Two Discs) stands at the entrance of the Museum of London. He was awarded a Knighthood for services to the Arts in the 2021 New Year Honours.