London, 1926

LEON KOSSOFF

1926 Born City Road Islington London
1926-39 Lived in Bethnal Green and Hackney London
1938-43 Attended Hackney Downs (Grocer's) School London
1939-43 Evacuated with school to King's Lynn Norfolk
Lived with Mr and Mrs R.C. Bishop
1943 Attended life drawing evening classes at Toynbee Hall and St Martin's School of Art London
1943-45 Commercial Art Course at St Martin's School of Art London
1945-48 Military Service with Royal Fusiliers
Attached to 2nd Battalion Jewish Brigade
Served in Italy, Holland, Belgium and Germany
1949-53 Studied at St Martin's School of Art and evening classes at Borough Polytechnic London with David Bomberg (1950-52)
1953-56 Studied at Royal College of Art London
1959-69 Taught at Regent Street Polytechnic, Chelsea School of Art and St Martin's School of Art London
1956- Lives and works in London and has had studios at Mornington Crescent (1954-61) Bethnal Green (1954-61) Willesden Junction (1961-70) and Kilburn (1970 to date)