Artist: Leon Kossoff (1926 - )
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Leon Kossoff was born in the East Side of London to Russian-Jewish parents. He took evening classes under David Bomberg from 1950 to 1952. He was also influenced by another one of his teacher’s students, Franck Auerbach. Both young artists dealt with similar emotions and subject matter in their work and employed heavy impasto in their paintings. Kossoff chose his subject matter mostly from the area of London where he was born. It took awhile for his work to gain momentum but in 1996, a retrospective of his career was held a the Tate Gallery.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Allan Rohan Crite - Harriet and Leon 1941 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Amedeo Modigliani - Leon Bakst 1917 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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JosČ Guadalupe Posada, LA INUNDACION DE LEON (The Flooding of Leon), cover for a book of songs, as reprinted on p. 202 of the Monografia.., 1930
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Thomas Moran - Ponce de Leon in Florida 1877-78 Oil on canvas The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens American
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Leon Laborde, The Ravine, 1839
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Leon Goldin, In Limbo, 1952
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Leon Barillot, A Barnyard, 1876
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Leon Goldin, Meta, 1950
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LČon Gaucherel, [Untitled], 1876
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Frida Kahlo - Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky 1937 oil on masonite National Museum of Women in the Arts Mexican
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LČon Gaucherel, Scheveningue, 19th century
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LČon Gaucherel, Le moulin, 19th century
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Leon Adolphe Willette, Pierrot, 1885
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Leon Adolphe Willette, Pierrot, 1886
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Denys Pierre Puech - Standing Figure of Leon Bonnat 1903 bronze Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Leon Goldin, The Brood of Folly, 1952
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Leon Goldin, Summer Death, 1952
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Leon Gilmour, Let The Living Rise, 1937
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Leon Gilmour, Cement Finishers, 1939
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Leon Augustin L"Hermitte, La Boucherie, 1881
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LČon Gaucherel, A Venise, 19th century
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Leon Barillot, Paysage Bressan, 1881
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LČon Gaucherel, A Venise, 19th century
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Leon Barotte, Tree, 19th - 20th century
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Leon Kroll, Monique, 19th - 20th century
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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux - Portrait of Jean-Leon Gerome 1872-75 patinated plaster Hood Museum of Art French
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Leon Adolphe Willette, A L"ElysČe-Montmartre, 1889
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Alphone Leon Noel, Mlle. Willmen, 1833
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Michael Ponce de Leon, Nude, 20th century
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Alphone Leon Noel, Les Enfants d"Eduard IV, 1831
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Leon Lambert, The Benediction, 19th - 20th century
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Leon Augustin L"Hermitte, Epicerie de Village, 1880
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Leon Augustin L"Hermitte, Marchandes de poissons, 1879
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Leon-Marie-Constant Dansaert, La Sentinelle, 1869
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Leon Barillot, Un Verger au Printemps, 19th century
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Leon Barillot, Stop (Panneau decoratif), 1880
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Leon Detel, Danse Macabre, 19th century
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Leon Kroll, Nude Reading, 19th - 20th century
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Francois Leon Sicard, A Lady seated on a Couch., 1906
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Jean-LČon GČrome, Madame de la Pagerie, 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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National Gallery of Australia: Drawn to Painting: Leon Kossoff drawings and prints after Nicolas Poussin
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Leon Kossof,
The Rape of the Sabines No.2 1995/97, (Detail)
Collection of the artist Leon Kossof ...
Yale Center for British Art: The School of London and their Friends: The Collection of Elaine and Melvin Merians
The term School of London was coined by American-born painter Ronald Kitaj in order to draw attention to the extraordinary range and power he found in contemporary British art after the Second World War. The expression called attention to a common...
National Gallery: Encounters: NEW art from OLD
The National Gallery has always been a resource for artists, and the Collection offers many examples of how artists in other times have wrestled with traditi...
Vostok Research Station: Rebuilding The Tower of Babel: A Project by Adam Kossoff
Vostok is located by the South Geomagnetic Pole, at the centre of the East Antarctic ice sheet. The coldest recorded temperature on Earth,  -89.2°C, was measured here in 1983. Vostok is operated as a permanent Antarctic station by the Russian Fede...
Neuberger Museum of Art: The School of London and Their Friends: The Mel and Elaine Merians Collection
The movement emerged in the 1940s when Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud rebelled against generally accepted art world norms by centering their interest on ...

Further Artwork and Information:

Leon Kossoff Online
Leon Kossoff paintings.
HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results
Leon Kossoff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst
Leon Kossoff (1619 - 1688) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Details of NPG 5772
The Prints of Leon Kossoff
NPG 5772; Leon Kossoff
Leon Kossoff

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