Leon Kossoff (1926 – )
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HEAD OF CHAIM 1985 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P6181 © (c) The Artist
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HEAD OF ROSALIND 1981 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P6209 © (c) The Artist
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THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON NO. 2 1998 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P7782 © (c) The Artist
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VIEW OF DALSTON JUNCTION 1974 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P3069 © The Artist
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THE TRIUMPH OF PAN NO. 2 1998 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P7788 © (c) The Artist
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THE TRIUMPH OF PAN (FROM A POUSSIN DRAWING II) 01/01/19981998 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P7792 © (c) The Artist
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THE TRIUMPH OF PAN (FROM A POUSSIN DRAWING I) 1998 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P7791 © (c) The Artist
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ELIEZER AND REBECCA 1995 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P7783 © (c) The Artist
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THE TRIUMPH OF PAN NO. 3 1998 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P7789 © (c) The Artist
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THE NURSING OF BACCHUS 1998 Leon Kossoff (1926 – ) P7779 © (c) The Artist
Leon Kossoff was born in London to Russian and Jewish parents. He studied at the Borough Polytechnic, attended the artist David Bomberg’s evening class, and later went to the Royal College of Art in London. Since the age of twelve he painted London obsessively: "The strange, ever-changing light, the endless streets, and the shuddering feel of the sprawling city linger in my mind like a faintly glimmering memory of a long-forgotten, perhaps never experienced childhood". Kossoff’s paintings are characterised by rich surfaces of heavy impasto. Thick paint and sombre colours gave way to a lighter palette in the 1990s. His work has affinities with European expressionism, but also has particular English qualities: reminiscent of Sickert and the Camden Town Group of painters with an attachment to the everyday and least picturesque aspects of urban life. His work was shown in the British Pavilion at the 1995 Venice Biennale (www.britishcouncil.org/venicebiennale)
Further reading:
Leon Kossoff, Tate Gallery 1996
Richard Kendall, Drawn to Painting: Leon Kossoff Drawings and Prints after Nicolas Poussin, Merrell Publishers Limited 2000
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- UK, London, Annely Juda
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/francis-bacon-to-paula-rego-2012">FRANCIS BACON TO PAULA REGO- UK, Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/the-thinking-line-2012">THE THINKING LINE- UK, Canterbury, Sidney Cooper Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/my-choice-works-selected-by-paula-rego-from-the-british-council-collection-2011">MY CHOICE WORKS SELECTED BY PAULA REGO FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL COLLECTION- Portugal, Coimbra, Univesidade de Coimbra, Casa de Caldeiras
- Portugal, Porto, EDP Foundation
- Portugal, Cascais, Casa Das Historias
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/thresholds-2010">THRESHOLDS- Macedonia, Skopje, Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Malta, Valletta, St James Cavalier Centre For Creativity
- UK, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/passports-in-viaggio-con-larte-2009">PASSPORTS. IN VIAGGIO CON L'ARTE- Italy, Milan, Padglione D'arte Contemporanea
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/passports-great-early-buys-from-the-british-council-collection-2009">PASSPORTS: GREAT EARLY BUYS FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL COLLECTION- UK, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/drawn-2005">DRAWN- UK, Bedford, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/drawing-distinctions-1997">DRAWING DISTINCTIONS- Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
- UK, Nottingham, Castle Museum And Art Gallery
- UK, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Gallery
- Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, Moscow, Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, St Petersburg, The Hermitage
- Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon, Yukon Arts Centre
- Canada, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Prairie Art Gallery
- Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Canada, Timmins, Timmins Museum And N E C
- Canada, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Acadia University Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Penang, Penang State Museum And Art Gallery
- USA, Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University Art Museum
- USA, Berkeley, University Art Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/lecole-de-londres-de-bacon-a-bevan-1998">L'ECOLE DE LONDRES DE BACON A BEVAN- France, Paris, Musee Malliol
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/treasure-island-1997">TREASURE ISLAND- Portugal, Lisbon, Gulbenkian Foundation
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/drawn-from-life-1995">DRAWN FROM LIFE- Belgium, Brussels, Western European Union
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/xlvi-venice-biennale-1995">XLVI VENICE BIENNALE- Netherlands, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
- Germany, Dusseldorf, Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande & Westfalen
- Italy, Venice, British Pavilion
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/life-into-paint-1992">LIFE INTO PAINT- UK, London, Sothebys
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/for-a-wider-world-1990">FOR A WIDER WORLD- Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
- Bulgaria, Sofia, SS Cyril and Methodius International Foundation
- Luxembourg, Musee National D'histoire Et D'art
- USSR, Kyiv, Ukrainian Museum of Fine Arts
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/colour-in-british-painting-1977">COLOUR IN BRITISH PAINTING- Brazil, Sao Paulo, Museu De Arte Moderna
- Brazil, Curitiba, Museu De Belas Artes
- Brazil, Brasilia, Fundacao Cultural
- Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Museu Nacional De Belas Artes