Leon Kossoff: A London Life
2019Dempsey, Andrew and Lulu Norman
144 pages (color)
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1926 East London, England - 2019 London, England. Known for: Expresssionist child figure, cityscape and portrait painting, drawing, printmaking.
Leon Kossoff is a British expressionist painter, known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London, England. He was born in 1926 in Islington, London, and spent most of his early life... Read full biography
Leon Kossoff is a British expressionist painter, known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London, England. He was born in 1926 in Islington, London, and spent most of his early life living there with his Russian Jewish parents. In 1938, he attended the Hackney Downs School in London. In... Read full biography
Leon Kossoff is a British expressionist painter, known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London, England. He was born in 1926 in Islington, London, and spent most of his early life living there with his Russian Jewish parents. In 1938, he attended the Hackney Downs School in London. In 1939, he was evacuated with the school to King's Lynn, Norfolk, where he lived with Mr and Mrs R.C. Bishop, who encouraged his interest in art. During this time, Kossoff made his first paintings.... Read full biography
Leon Kossoff is a British expressionist painter, known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London, England. He was born in 1926 in Islington, London, and spent most of his early life living there with his Russian Jewish parents. In 1938, he attended the Hackney Downs School in London. In 1939, he was evacuated with the school to King's Lynn, Norfolk, where he lived with Mr and Mrs R.C. Bishop, who encouraged his interest in art. During this time, Kossoff made his first paintings. When he returned to London in 1943, Kossoff went to St Martin's School of Art, and studied commercial art. He also attended life drawing classes in the evenings at Toynbee Hall. After his education was completed he spent three years in military service... Read full biography
Leon Kossoff is a British expressionist painter, known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London, England. He was born in 1926 in Islington, London, and spent most of his early life living there with his Russian Jewish parents. In 1938, he attended the Hackney Downs School in London. In 1939, he was evacuated with the school to King's Lynn, Norfolk, where he lived with Mr and Mrs R.C. Bishop, who encouraged his interest in art. During this time, Kossoff made his first paintings. When he returned to London in 1943, Kossoff went to St Martin's School of Art, and studied commercial art. He also attended life drawing classes in the evenings at Toynbee Hall. After his education was completed he spent three years in military service with the Royal Fusiliers, attached to the 2nd Battalion Jewish Brigade, and served in Italy, Holland, Belgium and Germany. After his milit... Read full biography
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London Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach and Kitaj
2016Crippa, Elena and Catherine Lampert136 pages (color)Leon Kossoff: From the Early Years, 1957-1967
2010Alvarez, Al, Leon Kossoff, et al.56 pages (color)Leon Kossoff
2010Kossoff, Leon72 pages (color)