Leon Kossoff (1926-2019) British, Self Portrait Oil on Canvas. Condition as pictured; Commensurate with age. 

Overall Size: 20 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.

Sight Size: 20 x 24 1/8 in.

In 1956, Kossoff joined Helen Lessore's Beaux Arts Gallery, located on Bruton Place in London. In 1959, Kossoff began to teach at the Regent Street Polytechnic, the Chelsea School of Art, and the Saint Martin's School of Art, all in London. While teaching, he continued his artistic career, and soon started featuring in galleries and shows, along with his friend Frank Auerbach and other artists such as Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Keith Critchlow, a school friend from Saint Martin's. During this time, Kossoff moved his studio to Willesden Junction, and in 1966, moved his studio to Willesden Green.

In 1995, Kossoff exhibited his artworks at the 46th Venice Biennale and in 1996 was the subject of a Tate Gallery retrospective. In 2007, London's National Gallery held an exhibition of Kossoff's work entitled "Leon Kossoff: Drawing from Painting". Kossoff declined appointment as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 2010, Kossoff exhibited a travelling show of new paintings and drawings, beginning at Annely Juda Fine Art, London, then travelling to Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, and ending at L.A. Louver, Los Angeles. In 2013–14, Kossoff's urban landscapes were shown in a travelling international exhibition, titled "Leon Kossoff: London Landscapes". Kossoff died at the age of 92 on 4 July 2019 from complications of a stroke. In 2023, Hastings Contemporary, organised a two-person exhibition with the work of Chaim Soutine and Leon Kossoff. In 2024, Kossoff's work was the subject of an exhibition entitled 'Close Encounters: Paintings and Drawings' at Xavier Hufkens.

Condition as pictured; Commensurate with age.