Leon Kossoff British, 1926-2019
40 x 30 ¼ in
The sitter is Chaim Kossoff, Leon Kossoff's brother and the eldest of Rachel and Wolf Kossoff's seven children. He ran his own bakery business and first appears in Kossoff's paintings in 1975, seated at a table with other family members. He began sitting regularly for his brother in 1982.
Twenty-four portraits (including this one) followed, including 'Portrait of Chaim no. 1', which directly preceded this painting and is held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Exhibitions
9 June – 14 July 2023 Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture
Marlborough Fine Art, London
1 March – 22 May 2019 Leon Kossoff – A London Life
Piano Nobile, London
Illustrated in the catalogue, no. 23 pp. 90-93
1997 British Figurative Art (Part 1): Painting The Human Figure
Flowers East, London
1998/9 L’Ecole de Londres: De Bacon à Bevan
Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol, Paris
Touring exhibition France, Spain and Austria.
9 September - 8 October 1988 Leon Kossoff
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
touring exhibition UK & USA
