Leon Kossoff
The Letter

About Leon Kossoff

Born in Islington, London, in 1926, Leon Kossoff is one of Britain’s most prestigious living artists, and, though he was offered the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, he chose to decline it. Kossoff employs a distinct and heavy impasto technique to his paintings, and alongside his drawings and limited editions is today still producing an extraordinarily emotive body of work.   The son of Russian-Jewish… Read more