See this painting by Leon Kossoff “Cherry Tree, and Young Girl” (2007-08), in a group exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion located in East Sussex, UK. Titled “I Cheer a Dead Man’s Sweetheart,” the exhibition focuses on contemporary painting in Britain today and features 21 British painters who live and work in the UK. Other artists include: Frank Auerbach, Katy Kirbach, Christopher Le Brun, Bruce McLean, Haley Tompkins, Joella Wheatley, Gray Wragg and more. Visit the De La Warr’s website for more information.

The painting featured above was first seen in the 2010-2011 traveling exhibition “Leon Kossoff: Recent Works 1999-2000” at Annely Juda Fine Art, Mitchell-Innes and Nash and L.A. Louver. Click here to see more works from the show. 

IMAGE: Leon Kossoff, Cherry Tree, and Young Girl, 2007-2008, oil on board, 50 ¼ x 48 ¼ in. (127.5 x 122.5 cm)