Chaim
1988
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1988
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Chaim is a 1988 by Leon Kossoff, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Leon Kossoff’s *Chaim* is a print from the late 1980s by a British figurative artist. It shows how he used printmaking to explore his love for line and texture. Like many of his peers, Kossoff saw prints as a way to dig deeper. He often reworked his etchings over and over, testing new versions even after printing. His 1998 etchings after old masters prove he didn’t just copy—he studied. Look up artist Kossoff, Leon.
A portrait of Chaim Kossoff, the artist's brother, seated in a chair and wearing glasses. To the right of the figure, a framed image of Christ Church Spitalfields is visible on the wall. The work is an etching, part of Kossoff’s exploration of printmaking as an extension of his draughtsmanship. The print reflects his practice of reworking compositions through multiple states of proofs.
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Leon Kossoff (10 December 1926 – 4 July 2019) was a British figurative painter known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London, England.
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