Leon Kossoff

(British, 1926–2019)

head of john i by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Head of John I, 2005

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from cézanne ‘pastoral (idyll)’ by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

From Cézanne ‘Pastoral (Idyll)’, 1988

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from cézanne ‘pastoral (idyll)' by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

From Cézanne ‘Pastoral (Idyll)', 1988

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sally by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Sally, 1986

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king's cross stormy day no. 1 by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

King's Cross Stormy Day No. 1, 2004

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king's cross stormy day no. 4 by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

King's Cross Stormy Day No. 4, 2004

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arnold circus by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Arnold Circus, 2008

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demolition of ymca building no. 2, spring 1971 by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Demolition of YMCA Building No. 2, Spring 1971, 1971

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fidelma, no. 2 138.4 x 92.7 cm by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Fidelma, No. 2 138.4 x 92.7 cm, 1981

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seated figure, no. 2  115.4 x 87 x 6 cm () by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Seated Figure, No. 2 115.4 x 87 x 6 cm (), 1959

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demolition of ymca building no. 3, spring 1971 by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Demolition of YMCA Building No. 3, Spring 1971, 1971

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fidelma by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Fidelma, 1987

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Biography

Timeline

1926
Born in City Road, Islington, London
1938 - 1943
Attended Hackney Downs (Grocers) School, London
1943 - 1945
Commercial Art Course at St Martin’s School of Art, London
1943
Attended life drawing evening classes at Toynbee Hall and St Martin’s School of Art London
1945 - 1948
Military Service with Royal Fusiliers, attached to 2nd Battalion Jewish Brigade, served in Italy, Holland, Belgium, and Germany
1949 - 1953
Studied at St Martin’s School of Art and evening classes at Borough Polytechnic, London, with David Bomberg (1950-52)
1953 - 1956
Studied at Royal College of Art, London
1959 - 1969
Taught at Regent Street Polytechnic, Chelsea School of Art and St Martin’s School of Art, London
For a portrait of Leon Kossoff at 20 21 Photo Gallery
Lives and works in London, England

Exhibitions

2004
Leon Kossoff - Selected Paintings 1956-2000, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek (solo)
2003
Bacon-Freud-Kossoff-Auerbach - Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Sander, Berlin, Germany
2001
Leon Kossoff, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia (solo)
Drawn to Painting: Leon Kossoff Drawings and Prints after Nicholas Poussin, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (solo)
2000
Auerbach, Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Blains Fine Art, London
Close Encounters: New Art from Old, National Gallery, London
Poussin Landscapes by Kossoff, J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (solo)
La mirada fuerte: pintura figurativa de Londres, British Council in association with other museums
Drawn to Painting: Leon Kossoff Drawings and Prints after Nicholas Poussin, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Leon Kossoff, Mitchell-Innes & Nash New York, NY (solo)