Leon Kossoff

Place: Islington

Born: 1926

Biography:

Leon Kossoff (born 10 December 1926) is a British figurative painter known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London, England. Kossoff was born in Islington, London, and spent most of his early life living there with his Russian-Jewish parents. In 1938, he attended the Hackney Downs School in London. In 1939, he was evacuated with the s...