Leon Kossoff
Selected works by exhibition
A Life in Painting
L.A. Louver, 2022
Installation photography / Leon Kossoff: A Life in Painting
Installation photography / Leon Kossoff: A Life in Painting
Leon Kossoff / 
Booking Hall, Kilburn Underground Station No. 4, 1978 / 
oil on board / 
48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
Leon Kossoff / 
King's Cross Building Site, Early Morning, 2006 / 
oil on board / 
50 3/4 x 56 in. (128.9 x 142.2 cm)
Leon Kossoff / 
Summer in the Studio, Pilar and Jacinto No. 2, 1997 / 
oil on board / 
57 3/4 x 53 in. (146.7 x 134.6 cm)
Transcriptions from Poussin
L.A. Louver, 2022
Leon Kossoff / 
Cephalus and Aurora, 1985 / 
hand-watercolored etching, aquatint / 
22 1/8 x 30 in. (56.2 x 76.2 cm) / 
LK02-104
Leon Kossoff / 
The Triumph of Pan No. 2, 1997 / 
compressed charcoal / 
21 7/8 x 30 in. (55.6 x 76.2 cm) / 
LK99-46a
Leon Kossoff / 
The Triumph of Pan No. 1, 1997 / 
hand-watercolored etching, drypoint / 
23 1/4 x 28 1/8 in. (59.1 x 71.4 cm) / 
LK99-45a
Leon Kossoff / 
The Triumph of Pan No. 3, 1998 / 
etching and aquatint / 
22 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (57.2 x 74.9 cm) / 
Edition 1 of 20 / 
LK99-56m.1
Recent Works 1999 - 2010
L.A. Louver, 2011
Leon Kossoff / 
Cherry Tree, Spring, 2003
oil on board
48 x 55 7/8 in. (122 x 142 cm)
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Head of Peggy III, 2004 - 2005 / 
oil on board / 
21 1/4	x 17 5/16 in. (54 x 44 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Head of John I, 2005 / 
oil on board / 
30 3/8 x 21 7/16 in. (77.3 x 54.4 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Cherry Tree, Autumn, 2002  / 
oil on board  / 
46 x 58 in. (117 x 147.5 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Christchurch, 2000 / 
oil on board / 
64 x 48 in. (162.5 x 122 cm) / 
Private collection
London Landscapes
L.A. Louver, 2014
Leon Kossoff / 
Cherry Tree, Winter, 2006-2007 / 
oil on board / 
36 x 42 in. (91.5 x 107 cm) / 
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Catalogue plate number 73
Leon Kossoff / 
Arnold Circus, 2012 / 
charcoal and pastel on paper / 
24 1/4 x 20 in. (61.5 x 50.5 cm) / 
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Catalogue plate number 89
Leon Kossoff / 
Arnold Circus, 2012 / 
charcoal and pastel on paper / 
24 1/4 x 20 in. (61.5 x 51 cm) / 
Framed: 32 1/2 x 28 x 2 in. (82.6 x 71.1 x 5.1 cm) / 
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Catalogue plate number 95
Leon Kossoff / 
Cherry Tree, Winter, 2006 - 2007 / 
oil on board / 
36 x 42 in. (91.5 x 107 cm)
Drawing from Painting
The National Gallery, London, England 2007
Leon Kossoff / 
From Poussin: The Triumph of Pan, 1998 / 
Oil on board / 
53 1/4 x 56 in. (135 x 143 cm )
Leon Kossoff / 
From Rembrandt: Ecce Homo, 1999 / 
Oil on board / 
56 x 48 in. (142 x 122 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
From Veronese: The Adoration of the Kings, 1990s / 
Black chalk on paper  / 
26 2/5 x 23 in. 67 x 58.5 cm
Leon Kossoff /  
From Rembrandt: Ecce Homo /  
Etching (unique print) /  
19 x 17 in. (48.3 x 43.2 cm) /  
Private collection
Leon Kossoff /  
From Degas: Combing the Hair (‘La Coiffure’) /  
Drypoint (unique print) /  
17 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (45.5 x 60 cm)
Leon Kossoff /  
From Poussin: The Triumph of Pan, .1998 /  
Coloured chalks on paper /  
20 1/4 x 23 1/3 in. (51.2 x 59.4 cm) /  
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Self Portrait with Christchurch, 1986 / 
oil on board / 
40.5 x 30.2 in. (102.9 x 76.8 cm) / 
Private collection
Selected paintings 1956 - 2000
Museum of Art Lucerne, Switzerland 2005
Leon Kossoff / 
Building Site Near Saint Paul’s No. 2, 1956 / 
oil on board / 
20.5 x 31 in. (52 x 78.75 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Portrait of Philip II, 1962 / 
oil on board / 
56.5 x 30.5 in. (143.5 x 77.6 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Two Seated Figures, 1962 / 
oil on board / 
72 x 60 in. (183 x 152.4 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
YMCA Building Site No. 2, 1971 / 
oil on board / 
44.5 x 60.6 in. (113 x 154 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Red Brick School Building, Winter, 1982 / 
oil on board / 
48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Christchurch, 2000 / 
oil on board / 
64 x 48 in. (162.5 x 122 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff /  
Nude, 2000 /  
oil on board /  
24 x 30 3/4 in. (61 x 78 cm) /  
Private collection
Poussin Landscapes by Kossoff
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2000
Leon Kossoff / 
The Holy Family on the Step, 1998 / 
unique proof plate / 
16 x 23 1/2 in. (40.6 x 59.7 cm) / 
paper: 22 1/2 x 30 in. (57.2 x 76.2 cm)
Leon Kossoff / 
Landscape With A Calm No. 3, 1999 / 
compressed charcoal & pastel on paper / 
22 x 29 5/8 in (55.9 x 75.2 cm)
Leon Kossoff / 
The Rape of the Sabines #1, 1995 - 97 / 
hand colored etching & drypoint / 
17 7/8 x 23 1/2 in (45.4 x 59.69 cm)(plate) / 
22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in (56.52 x 75.57 cm)(paper) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff /  
Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake, 1997 /  
compressed charcoal pastel & watercolor on paper /  
Paper: 19 1/2 x 30 in (49.5 x 76.2 cm) /  
Framed: 29 x 37 in (73.7 x 94 cm)
After Nicolas Poussin: New Etchings by Leon Kossoff
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 2000
Leon Kossoff / 
Bacchanal before a Herm, 1998 / 
etching  / 
Plate: 16 1/8 x 22 3/8 in (41 x 56.8 cm) / 
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 7/8 in (57.2 x 75.9 cm)
Leon Kossoff / 
Cephalus and Aurora #2, 1999 / 
etching  / 
Plate: 16 7/8 x 21 15/16 in (42.9 x 55.7 cm) / 
Paper: 22 9/16 x 29 15/16 in (57.3 x 76 cm)
Leon Kossoff / 
The Judgement of Solomon #1, 1998 / 
etching / 
Plate: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in (21.6 x 29.8 cm) / 
Paper: 22 9/16 x 29 7/8 in (57.3 x 75.9 cm)
Leon Kossoff / 
The Rape of the Sabines #2, 1998 / 
etching / 
Plate: 18 x 23 3/8 in (45.7 x 59.4 cm) / 
Paper: 22 1/2 x 29 7/8 in (57.2 x 75.9 cm)
Leon Kossoff / 
The Triumph of Pan from a Poussin drawing (II), 1998 / 
etching / 
Plate: 13 x 15 7/16 in (33 x 39.2 cm) / 
Paper: 22 3/8 x 29 7/8 in (56.8 x 75.9 cm)
Tate Retrospective
Tate Gallery, London, UK 1996
Leon Kossoff / 
Children's Swimming Pool, 12 o'clock, Sunday Morning, 1971 / 
oil on board / 
72 x 84 in. (182.9 x 213.4 cm)
Leon Kossoff / 
Christchurch, Spitalfields, Summer, 1987 / 
oil on board / 
54 x 50 in. (137.2 x 127 cm)
XLVI Venice Biennale
Venice, Italy 1995
Leon Kossoff / 
From Willesden Green, Autumn, 1991 / 
oil on board / 
54 1/8 x 48 1/4 in (137.5 x 122.6 cm) / 
59 x 53 in (149.9 x 134.6 cm) (framed) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Cathy No. 1, Summer, 1994 / 
oil on board / 
42 1/2 x 30 1/2 in (108 x 77.5 cm) (framed) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Christchurch, Summer Afternoon, 1994 / 
oil on board / 
78 x 57 7/8 in (82 1/8 x 62 3/8 in) (fr) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Head of John Lessore, 1990 / 
oil on board / 
31 1/2 x 23 3/4 in (80 x 59.5 cm) / 
Private collection
Drawings 1985 - 1992
L.A. Louver, 1993
Leon Kossoff / 
Christchurch, Spitalfields No. 2, 1992 / 
charcoal and pastel on paper / 
39 1/4 x 27 1/2 in (99.7 x 69.9 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Fidelma, 1987 / 
charcoal and pastel on paper / 
44 1/2 x 33 in (113 x 83.8 cm)(fr.) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Leaving the Station No. 1, 1990 / 
charcoal and pastel on paper / 
33 1/2 x 30 1/2 in (85.1 x 77.5 cm) / 
Private collection
Recent Work
L.A. Louver, 1984
Leon Kossoff / 
A Street in Willesden, Summer, 1983 / 
oil on board / 
54 x 78 in. (137.16 x 198.12 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Self Portrait, 1982 / 
oil on board / 
23 1/2 x 21 in. (59.69 x 53.34 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
A Street in Willesden, 1982 / 
charcoal on paper / 
40 3/4 x 26 1/2 in. (103.5 x 67.31 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff / 
Family Party, January, 1983 / 
oil on board / 
66 x 98 1/4 in. (167.64 x 249.56 cm) / 
Private collection
Eight Figurative Painters
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT 1981
Leon Kossoff  / 
Nude on a Red Bed, 1972 / 
oil on board / 
48 x 72 in (121.9 x 182.9 cm) / 
Private collection
Leon Kossoff  / 
Father Resting, 1978 / 
oil on board / 
48 x 38 1/2 in (121.9 x 97.8 cm)
Leon Kossoff  / 
View of Ridley Road Street Market, 1975 / 
charcoal on paper / 
framed: 26 3/4 x 39 3/4 in (67.9 x 101 cm) / 
Private collection
Bio

1926 Born, City Road, Islington, London, UK
2019 Died, London, UK (obituary)

Education:
1938-43 Attended Hackney Downs (Grocers) School, London
1939-43 Evacuated with school to King's Lynn, Norfolk
Lived with Mr and Mrs R.C. Bishop who encouraged his interest in art Made first paintings
1943 Returned to London. Attended life drawing evening classes at Toynbee Hall and St Martin's School of Art London
1943-45 Commercial Art Course at St Martin's School of Art, London
1945-48 Military Service with Royal Fusiliers, attached to 2nd Battalion Jewish Brigade, served in Italy, Holland, Belgium, and Germany
1949-53 Studied at St Martin's School of Art and attended evening classes at Borough Polytechnic, London, with David Bomberg (1950-52)
1953-56 Studied at Royal College of Art, London

biography
Portrait of Leon  Kossoff. Photo: Toby Glanville.
Photo: Toby Glanville
Selected L.A. Louver exhibitions
26 Jan - 9 Apr 2022
Gallery exhibition
26 Jan - 9 Apr 2022
Gallery exhibition
23 Jan - 1 Mar 2014
Gallery exhibition
8 Sep - 8 Oct 2011
Gallery exhibition
Selected museum exhibitions
Tate Britain
London, UK
28 Feb - 27 Aug 2018
Museum exhibition
Frieze Masters 2014, Stand D4
Regent’s Park, London
15 Oct - 19 Oct 2014
Museum exhibition
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London, England
14 Mar - 1 Jul 2007
Museum exhibition
Museum of Art Lucerne
Lucerne, Switzerland
19 Nov 2004 - 28 Mar 2005
Museum exhibition
Selected art fairs
Viewing rooms
Publications
Catalog
Leon Kossoff: A Life in Painting
Annely Juda Fine Art, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, and L.A. Louver
2021
120 pages, illustrated
Softcover
Catalog
2014
141 pages
Softcover
Catalog
Leon Kossoff
L.A. Louver
2010
72 pages
Hardcover
Catalog
in collaboration with L.A. Louver
2000
128 pages
Hardcover
Video
Selected article
Teicholz, Tom. “The Real London Of Leon Kossoff.” Forbes. 17 Mar 2022.
forbes.com | full article PDF

Knight, Christopher. “Review: L.A. gallery-going during Omicron isn’t optimal but offers excellent art along the way.” Los Angeles Times. 3 Feb 2022.
latimes.com | full article PDF

Hutter von Arx, Arabella. “Presence as Abstraction, as Beguiling Obfuscation, in the Works of Leon Kossoff.” Riot Material. 24 Mar 2022.
riotmaterial.com | full article PDF
Smith, Roberta. “Leon Kossoff: Looking at Life With a Loaded Brush.” New York Times. 3 Feb 2022.
nytimes.com | full article PDF

Culpan, Daniel. “Leon Kossoff.” Artforum. Dec 2021.
artforum.com | full article PDF

Alberge, Dalya. "The artist, the mafia and the Italian job: is heist mystery about to be solved?" The Guardian. 22 Aug 2021.
theguardian.com | full article PDF
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