Leon Kossoff

(British, 1926–2019)

nude from the back by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Nude from the Back, 1999

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christ church, spitalfields, early summer by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Christ Church, Spitalfields, Early Summer, 1992

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small head of peggy by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Small head of Peggy, 1969

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david and teddy by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

David and Teddy, ca. 1957

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embankment underground station by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Embankment Underground Station, 1993

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willesden junction by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Willesden Junction, 1962

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christ church spitalfields by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Christ Church Spitalfields, ca. 1990

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arnold circus by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Arnold Circus, 2012

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embankment underground by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Embankment Underground, ca. 1987

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from rubens: 'the judgement of paris' by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

From Rubens: 'The Judgement of Paris', 1998

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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)