The Urban Scenes & The Expression Of "the Sprit In The Mass" In Kossoff's Works

As a painter of London School, Leon Kossoff begins his creation in 1950s whose themes of works are urban scenes he uses the expression of'the spirit in a mass'to simply record the life and adopting the representational mode to show the free spirit realm between like and unlike. He is a figural artist that reveals the fate of mankind by the simple motif, the unique perspective and color of life capture the reveal of the social environment landscape on their faces, reflect the influence from the potential factors that be hostile to the nature of mankind in social development to reappear the heart image that be familiar with.This article is divided into four parts. The first part analyzes the causes of topics of urban landscape, just as what Kossoff said'I have never finished a picture without first experiencing a huge emptying of all factual and topographical knowledge', he has treated London as the creative source for nearly 50 years repeatedly to search for the essence of city in his heart in the city scenery to express the reality of art. In the second part, we analyze the way of Kossoff who use the unique observation and expression.'The spirit in a mass'was a clue of the course of development and maturity of his art works is shaping. The third part analyzes the cause of formation of'the spirit in a mass'. In the tide of modern arts, under the influence of teachers and close friend kossoff start works by classical, as the rebellious attitude to practice the emergence of a new painting. The end part summed up that, as an unknown routiner, kossoff creating up a contemporary deeply moving image of the city and give us a mirror, let us recognize ourselves role and position in the modern art tide.This is an endless developing process, through the studies of kossoff, we understand that the multiples cultures are intertwined in the modern cities; the avant-garde art is truly concerned about their own personal and events around the return of traditional, using the simple attitude toward the truth around us.