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Leon Kossoff

1926 – 2019

Two Seated Figures II 1980
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65 artworks by Leon Kossoff
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Biography

Leon Kossoff (10 December 1926 – 4 July 2019) was a British figurative painter known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London, England.

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Artworks

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  • Leon Kossoff Willesden Junction, Morning in October

    1971
  • Leon Kossoff Old People’s Party at Bethnal Green No.2

    1958–9
  • Leon Kossoff Outside Kilburn Underground [stage proof]

    1979
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  • Leon Kossoff Outside Kilburn Underground [stage proof]

    1980
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  • Leon Kossoff Outside Kilburn Underground [stage proof]

    1981
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  • Leon Kossoff Outside Kilburn Underground [stage proof]

    1983
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  • Leon Kossoff Outside Kilburn Underground [stage proof]

    1984
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  • Leon Kossoff Going Home [stage proof]

    1979–84
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Artist as subject

  • Frank Auerbach Portrait of Leon Kossoff

    1951
  • Helen Lessore Symposium I

    1974–77
  • Leon Kossoff Self-Portrait. Verso: Untitled (Two Figures)

    1967
  • R.B. Kitaj The Wedding

    1989–93
    On display at Tate Britain part of Modern and Contemporary British Art
  • Leon Kossoff Self-Portrait

    c.1952
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