Leon Kossoff

(British, 1926–2019)

Leon Kossoff was a British painter best known for his Expressionist portraits, landscapes of London, and intimate views of his yard. Along with other members of the School of London like R.B. Kitaj, Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, and Francis Bacon, Kossoff reinvigorated figurative painting during the mid-1970s. His distinctive style is recognizable by its very thick impasto paint, expressive brushwork, and sophisticated use of color, lending his works a manic energy tempered by a subtle and emotionally intimate palette. Of his portraits, he has explained his labored process that take many sittings to complete: “The subject is visited many times and lots of drawings are made, mostly very quickly,” Kossoff has said. “The work is begun in the studio where each new drawing means a new start until, one day, a drawing appears which opens up the subject in a new way.” Born on December 7, 1926 in London, United Kingdom to Russian-Jewish parents, Kossoff studied at Saint Martin’s School of Art before serving in the 2nd Battalion Jewish Brigade of the Royal Fusiliers. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Cleveland Museum of Art among others. Kossoff died at the age of 92 on July 4, 2019.

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Portrait of Father, 1961

Leon Kossoff

Portrait of Father, 1961

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Fidelma No. 2, 1978

Leon Kossoff

Fidelma No. 2, 1978

Sale Date: October 16, 2021

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Railway Bridge, Mornington Crescent, 1954

Leon Kossoff

Railway Bridge, Mornington Crescent, 1954

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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Head of George Thompson, 1975

Leon Kossoff

Head of George Thompson, 1975

Sale Date: July 2, 2021

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School Building, Willesden, Winter 1981, 1981

Leon Kossoff

School Building, Willesden, Winter 1981, 1981

Sale Date: June 29, 2021

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Inside Kilburn Underground Booking Hall..., 1983

Leon Kossoff

Inside Kilburn Underground Booking Hall..., 1983

Sale Date: June 30, 2021

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Dalston Junction No.1, 1973

Leon Kossoff

Dalston Junction No.1, 1973

Sale Date: June 30, 2021

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Partly Demolished Warehouse, St. Katharine..., 1973

Leon Kossoff

Partly Demolished Warehouse, St. Katharine..., 1973

Sale Date: June 30, 2021

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Here Comes The Diesel, Early Summer, 1987

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Here Comes The Diesel, Early Summer, 1987

Sale Date: March 23, 2021

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Seated Nude, 1995

Leon Kossoff

Seated Nude, 1995

Sale Date: March 2, 2021

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Children's Swimming Pool, 1970–1972

Leon Kossoff

Children's Swimming Pool, 1970–1972

Sale Date: March 2, 2021

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Head of Frank Auerbach, 1956

Leon Kossoff

Head of Frank Auerbach, 1956

Sale Date: March 1, 2021

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Landscape with Calm No. 2, 1999

Leon Kossoff

Landscape with Calm No. 2, 1999

Sale Date: December 18, 2020

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From Goya: Procession of the Flagellants, 1994

Leon Kossoff

From Goya: Procession of the Flagellants, 1994

Sale Date: September 29, 2020

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From Rembrandt: The Blinding of Samson

Leon Kossoff

From Rembrandt: The Blinding of Samson

Sale Date: September 29, 2020

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HEAD OF JOHN LESSORE, 1988

Leon Kossoff

HEAD OF JOHN LESSORE, 1988

Sale Date: July 30, 2020

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Father Asleep and Mother, 1982

Leon Kossoff

Father Asleep and Mother, 1982

Sale Date: July 7, 2020

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From Titian: The Flaying of Marsyas, 2013

Leon Kossoff

From Titian: The Flaying of Marsyas, 2013

Sale Date: July 14, 2020

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Father Asleep Etching, 1983, signed, dated,..., 1983

Leon Kossoff

Father Asleep Etching, 1983, signed, dated,..., 1983

Sale Date: November 20, 2019

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From Rubens

Leon Kossoff

From Rubens

Sale Date: February 11, 2020

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King's Cross, 1999

Leon Kossoff

King's Cross, 1999

Sale Date: January 22, 2020

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Small Head of Chaim, 1989

Leon Kossoff

Small Head of Chaim, 1989

Sale Date: January 22, 2020

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Dalston Junction, 1974

Leon Kossoff

Dalston Junction, 1974

Sale Date: January 22, 2020

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York Way Railway Bridge from the Caledonian..., 1967

Leon Kossoff

York Way Railway Bridge from the Caledonian..., 1967

Sale Date: January 21, 2020

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