Leon
Kossoff
The Texture of Memory and London Life Leon Kossoff emerged as one of the most profound voices in postwar British art, a painter whose work serves as a visceral, tactile record of a changing London. Born in Islington, London, to Ukrainian-Jewish refugee parents, his early …
A portrait built from Leon Kossoff's own colours
Every 9 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.