Leon Kossoff obituary

Artist whose work was rooted in the city, people and daily life of LondonLeon Kossoff, who has died aged 92, once said: “London, like the paint I use, seems to be in my bloodstream.” His work was rooted in Dalston, Willesden, the Embankment, Mornington Crescent, Spitalfields and Bethnal Green, in the London roads and railway lines, the tube stations and street life, in the public swimming baths. But it went far beyond topography: it was an expression of the undying human need to wres