Leon Kossoff 
Works available
Rosalind
1980
Charcoal on paper
101 × 68.5 cm / 39 3/4 × 27 ins
Biography
(1926–)
Leon Kossoff was born in the East End of London to Russian-Jewish parents. He took evening classes under David Bomberg from 1950 to 1952. He was also influenced by another one of his teacher's students, Franck Auerbach. Both young artists dealt with similar emotions and subject matter in their work and employed heavy impasto in their paintings. Kossoff chose his subject mainly from the area of London in which he was born. In 1996, a retrospective of his work was held at the Tate.