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Leon Kossoff: A London Life

Past exhibition
1 March - 22 May 2019 Piano Nobile
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Leon Kossoff, A London Life

Leon Kossoff: A London Life was an exhibition of paintings and drawings by one of Britain’s most acclaimed living artists, curated in partnership with Andrew Dempsey (curator and writer). With a catalogue raisonné of Kossoff’s paintings in preparation, this was an apt moment to consider his oeuvre. The show brought together masterworks from each period of the artist’s career, demonstrating the unwavering rigour, the nuance and the psychological intensity of his output. 

 

The exhibition explored the artist’s working practice and his creative environment. The city of his birth, London, played a central role in his career and many cityscapes were on display – from Willesden Junction to Christ Church, Spitalfields. Kossoff has spent over six decades working in North London and the show drew attention to the subtle, often poignant relationship between his creative life and his surroundings. 

 

His friends and family also contributed to his vision and the exhibition reflected on the relationship between the artist and his models. It included oil paintings of his brother, Chaim, and his model and friend, Fidelma, long-standing subjects in Kossoff’s work. Together, these landscape and figure paintings presented an irrefutable argument for Leon Kossoff’s place in the canon of modern master painters.

 

A fully-illustrated publication accompanied the exhibition with an introduction by Jackie Wullschlager (chief art critic for The Financial Times) and essays by Andrew Dempsey and Lulu Norman (writer and translator).

 

 

 

PRESS

 

The Financial Times

The Londonist

The Daily Telegraph

The Spectator

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Works
  • Leon Kossoff, Head of Seedo No. 2, 1958 c.
    Leon Kossoff, Head of Seedo No. 2, 1958 c.
  • Leon Kossoff, City Building Site, 1961
    Leon Kossoff, City Building Site, 1961
  • Leon Kossoff, Portrait of Chaim No. 2, 1987
    Leon Kossoff, Portrait of Chaim No. 2, 1987
  • Leon Kossoff, Christchurch, Spitalfields, 1989
    Leon Kossoff, Christchurch, Spitalfields, 1989
  • Leon Kossoff, Dalston Lane, Summer, 1974
    Leon Kossoff, Dalston Lane, Summer, 1974
  • Leon Kossoff, Self-Portrait, 1971
    Leon Kossoff, Self-Portrait, 1971
Publications
  • Leon Kossoff

    Leon Kossoff

    A London Life Andrew Dempsey, Lulu Norman and Jackie Wullschlager, 2019
    Hardback 144 pages
    Publisher: Piano Nobile Publications
    ISBN: 9781901192537
    Dimensions: 28.8 x 24.8 x 3 cm
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Installation Views
  • 280219 Kossoff 34
  • 280219 Kossoff 7
  • 280219 Kossoff 38
  • 280219 Kossoff 25 Edit
  • 280219 Kossoff 70
  • 280219 Kossoff 73
Press
  • Martin Gayford reviews Leon Kossoff: A London Life

    Martin Gayford reviews Leon Kossoff: A London Life

    The Spectator April 17, 2019
    Leon Kossoff: A London Life has been reviewed for The Spectator by Martin Gayford. The exhibition at Piano Nobile opened on 1 March 2019. In...
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  • Leon Kossoff: A London Life featured in The Daily Telegraph

    Leon Kossoff: A London Life featured in The Daily Telegraph

    Colin Gleadell April 16, 2019
    The Daily Telegraph has published an article focusing on Leon Kossoff: A London Life . Writing in his weekly Art Market Focus column, Colin Gleadell...
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  • The Financial Times reviews Leon Kossoff: A London Life

    The Financial Times reviews Leon Kossoff: A London Life

    Jackie Wullschlager February 26, 2019
    Leon Kossoff: A London Life has been reviewed for The Financial Times by Jackie Wullschlager. The exhibition at Piano Nobile opens on 1 March 2019....
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