{"id":1964,"date":"2013-04-08T22:53:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T22:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2013\/04\/08\/this-painting-by-leon-kossoff-is-included-in-a\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:38:53","slug":"this-painting-by-leon-kossoff-is-included-in-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/this-painting-by-leon-kossoff-is-included-in-a","title":{"rendered":"This painting by Leon Kossoff is included in a group exhibition titled \u201cRadical Figures: Post-war British Figurative Painting\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"461\" data-id=\"1965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tumblr_mkyk58pkqq1r7s5hko1_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tumblr_mkyk58pkqq1r7s5hko1_640.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tumblr_mkyk58pkqq1r7s5hko1_640-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This painting by <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/html\/kossoff.html\">Leon Kossoff<\/a> is included in a group exhibition titled \u201cRadical Figures: Post-war British Figurative Painting\u201d at &nbsp;Manchester Art Galleries, UK. The exhibition puts focus on the resurgence of figurative art in the latter half of the 20th century, due in part to painters such as Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/html\/hockney_bio_60s.html\">David Hockney<\/a> and Leon Kossoff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the exhibition, visit the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchestergalleries.org\/whats-on\/exhibitions\/index.php?itemID=100\"> Manchester Art Gallery website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the artists included in this exhibition were shown early on at L.A. Louver in this 1979 group exhibition titled \u201cThis Knot of Life.\u201d &nbsp;See works from this exhibition on our <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/html\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=52\">website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGE: Leon Kossoff,&nbsp;<em>York Railway Bridge from Caledonian Road, Stormy Day<\/em>, 1967,&nbsp;Oil on board, 121.9 x 167.6 cm,&nbsp;Collection:&nbsp;<a title=\"Arts Council Collection\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/arts\/yourpaintings\/galleries\/collections\/arts-council-collection-3\">Arts Council Collection<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This painting by Leon Kossoff is included in a group exhibition titled \u201cRadical Figures: Post-war British Figurative Painting\u201d at &nbsp;Manchester Art Galleries, UK. 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