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Leon Kossoff
Leon Kossoff, 1926 — 2019

Leon Kossoff (1926 – 2019) was a British painter best known for his expressive, impasto-laden portraits and cityscapes of London’s changing face over the twentieth century. Along with artists such as Francis Bacon, R.B. Kitaj and Lucian Freud, Kossoff rose to prominence as a member of the influential School of London movement, which reflected changes in post-war British society through a loose figurative realism combined with violent brushstrokes.

In 1995, Kossoff represented the UK at the Venice Biennale, and in 1996 was the subject of a retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London. Works by Kossoff are held in The National Gallery, London; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Louisiana Museum of Art, Copenhagen, Denmark; the Art Institute of Chicago; Tate Gallery, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, among others. 
 
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Artworks

Cephalus and Aurora No.3, 1998, Etching
Bacchanal before a Herm, 1998, Etching
Cephalus and Aurora No.1, 1998, Etching
Cephalus and Aurora No.2, 1998, Etching and aquatint
The Rape of Sabines No.1, 1998, Etching
The Rape of the Sabines No.2, 1998, Etching
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Exhibitions

Leon Kossoff: After Poussin
Internal (London)Leon Kossoff: After Poussin, 27 April – 20 May 2023
Leon Kossoff: Everyday London
Internal (New York)Leon Kossoff: Everyday London, 29 March – 24 May 2019
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Artists, Cephalus and Aurora No.3, 1998
, Etching
Sheet 22 1/2 × 21 1/8 in. / 57.2 × 53.8 cm; Plate 9 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. / 24.8 × 30 cm
Artists, Bacchanal before a Herm, 1998
, Etching
Sheet 22 1/2 × 29 7/8 in. / 57.1 × 75.9 cm; Plate 16 1/8 × 22 3/8 in. / 41 × 56.8 cm
Artists, Cephalus and Aurora No.1, 1998
, Etching
Sheet 22 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. / 57.3 × 74.9 cm; Plate 18 × 21 1/2 in. / 45.6 × 54.6 cm
Artists, Cephalus and Aurora No.2, 1998
, Etching and aquatint
Sheet 22 1/2 × 29 7/8 in/ 57.1 × 76 cm; Plate 16 7/8 × 21 7/8 in. / 42.9 × 55.7 cm
Artists, The Rape of Sabines No.1, 1998
, Etching
Sheet 22 1/2 × 29 7/8 in. / 57.2 × 75.9 cm; Plate 17 7/8 × 23 3/8 in. / 45.4 × 59.4 cm
Artists, The Rape of the Sabines No.2, 1998
, Etching
Sheet 22 1/2 × 29 7/8 in. / 57.3 × 75.9 cm; Plate 16 7/8 × 22 3/4 in. / 42.9 × 57.9 cm
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Biography
1949-53Studied at St Martin's School of Art, London, UK
1953-56Studied at the Royal College of Art, London, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023Leon Kossoff: After Poussin, Timothy Taylor, London, UK (forthcoming)
2022A Life In Painting, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
2019Leon Kossoff: A London Life, Piano Nobile, London, UK
2019Leon Kossoff: Everday London, Timothy Taylor, New York, NY
2014Leon Kossoff: Frieze Masters 2014, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK
2013 - 14Leon Kossoff: London Landscapes, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK; travelled to Galerie Lelong, Paris; Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York and L.A. Louver, California, USA
2011Leon Kossoff, LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA
2010 - 11Recent Paintings, Annely Juda Fine Art, London; travelled to Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York and L.A. Louver, CA
2010Leon Kossoff: Drawing from Painting; Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia
2009Leon Kossoff: From the Early Years 1957-67, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York in association with L.A. Louver, CA
2008Leon Kossoff: Unique Prints of Paintings from the National Gallery, Art Space Gallery, London, UK
2007Leon Kossoff: Drawing from Painting, The National Gallery, London, UK 
2004 - 5Leon Kossoff Selected Paintings 1956-2000, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, travelled to Museum of Modern Art Lucerne, Switzerland
2000 - 1Poussin Landscapes by Kossoff, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2000 - 1Drawn to Painting; Leon Kossoff Prints & Drawings after Nicolas Poussin, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2000After Nicolas Poussin; New Etchings by Leon Kossoff, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2000Poussin Landscapes by Kossoff, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, LA
2000Leon Kossoff: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York; Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK
2000After Nicolas Poussin: New Etchings by Leon Kossoff, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2000Leon Kossoff, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia
1996Leon Kossoff, Tate Gallery, London, UK
1995 - 96Leon Kossoff, XLVI International Biennale, Venice; Kunstverein, Düsseldorf; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993Leon Kossoff: Drawings 1985-1992, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK; LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
1984Leon Kossoff: Recent Work, Fischer Fine Art, London, UK; LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA 
1984Leon Kossoff: Recent Drawings and Etchings, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK
1983Leon Kossoff, Hirschl & Alder Modern, New York, NY
1982Leon Kossoff Paintings, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
1981Leon Kossoff: Paintings from a Decade 1970-1980, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
1981Leon Kossoff, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
1980Leon Kossoff: Recent Drawings, Riverside Studio, London, UK
1979Leon Kossoff: Paintings and Drawings 1974-1979, Fischer Fine Art, London, UK
1975Leon Kossoff at Fischer Fine Art, Fischer Fine Art, London, UK
1974Leon Kossoff: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Fischer Fine Art, London, UK
1973Leon Kossoff: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Fischer Fine Art, London, UK
1972Leon Kossoff: Recent Paintings, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
1968Leon Kossoff, Marlborough Fine Art, London, UK
1964Leon Kossoff:A Selection of Paintings 1949-64, Beaux Arts Gallery, London, UK
1963Leon Kossoff: Paintings & Drawings, Beaux Arts Gallery, London, UK
1961Leon Kossoff: Paintings, Beaux Arts Gallery, London, UK
1959Leon Kossoff: Paintings and Drawings, Beaux Arts Gallery, London, UK
1957Leon Kossoff: Paintings, drawings, lithographs & etchings, Beaux Arts Gallery, London, UK
1988 - 89Leon Kossoff, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London; Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
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