{"id":4683,"date":"2025-05-01T18:17:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/?p=4683"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:01:49","slug":"in-focus-leon-kossoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/in-focus-leon-kossoff","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: Leon Kossoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d273b6379d0&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d273b6379d0\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1482\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3e978cd9-d200-8a69-45fa-22a81e6f8cec.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3e978cd9-d200-8a69-45fa-22a81e6f8cec.jpg 1482w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3e978cd9-d200-8a69-45fa-22a81e6f8cec-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3e978cd9-d200-8a69-45fa-22a81e6f8cec-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1482px) 100vw, 1482px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leon Kossoff,\u00a0<em>Outside Kilburn Underground, Indian Summer: for Rosalind<\/em>, 1978, oil on board, 60 3\/8 x 84 1\/4 in. (153.4 x 214 cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Britain\u2019s most celebrated postwar artists, Leon Kossoff (1926-2019) is best known for his cityscapes of London and his evocative portraits painted from life and memory. The London landscape and the human figure remained consistent themes of Kossoff\u2019s studio involvement throughout his life. The rich collections and special exhibitions at London\u2019s National Gallery and Royal Academy likewise inspired Kossoff. This is evidenced by Kossoff\u2019s extensive body of etchings and drawings after Old Master paintings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lauded as \u201cone of the best British paintings of the decade\u201d in Peter Fuller\u2019s Artforum review of The Hayward Annual 1979,&nbsp;<em>Outside Kilburn Underground, Indian Summer: for Rosalind<\/em>&nbsp;(1978) depicts a subject that captivated Leon Kossoff throughout his career. Trains, railways, and the London underground are among the most significant imagery found across Kossoff\u2019s oeuvre, as symbols of modernity and aesthetic vehicles that convey an inevitable, unstoppable forward momentum. Rendered in distinctive, impassioned layers of oil paint that deny the binary between representation and abstraction, the physicality of the painting\u2019s impasto reflects the collective psychological weight of ordinary life in postwar London.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Outside Kilburn Underground, Indian Summer: for Rosalind<\/em>&nbsp;has been exhibited worldwide including at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humleb\u00e6k, Denmark; Museum of Modern Art in Lucerne, Switzerland; Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, Mexico; Santa Barbara Museum of Art in Santa Barbara, CA; Hayward Gallery in London, United Kingdom; among many other prestigious locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L.A. Louver became involved with Leon Kossoff in 1978. 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