Leon Kossoff

(British, 1926–2019)

outside kilburn underground station by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Outside Kilburn Underground Station, 1982

2,000 GBP

head no 3 by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Head No 3, 1984

1,500 GBP

the booking hall by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

The Booking Hall, 1982

1,500–1,950 GBP

the window by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

The Window, 1984

1,800 GBP

four heads by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Four Heads, 1984

2,000–2,600 GBP

head no 2 by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Head No 2, 1984

900–1,170 GBP

head no 4 by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Head No 4, 1984

1,500 GBP

resting by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Resting, 1982

1,500 GBP

father asleep by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Father Asleep, 1982

1,500 GBP

mother by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Mother, 1982

1,500 GBP

fidelma ii by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Fidelma II, 1984

2,500 GBP

head of father 2 by leon kossoff

Leon Kossoff

Head of Father 2, 1982

2,500 GBP

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)