Beryl Cook

Beryl Cook O.B.E "Larger than Life" Highlights Exhibition

The February Beryl Cook Exhibition will include rare copies of cheeky images such as "Girls in a Taxi" "Ladies Night" and "Nude on a Leopard Skin" alongside many others published over a 30 year period. All will be available to purchase

Her flamboyant paintings of portly women and other exuberant characters were drawn from a lifetime of people watching-much of it in Plymouth where she lived.

In 1994 she received the Best Selling Published Artist Award from The Fine Art Trade Guild and in 1995 was awarded an O.B.E

Sadly Beryl Cook died 0n 28th May 2008 at her home in...

The 2 naïve artists carrying on a Plymouth tradition made famous by Beryl Cook

Plymouth’s reputation as a naïve art centre of Britain started with Beryl Cook and her wonderful, larger than life Barbican characters.

The tradition has been continued by Brian Pollard and his bright, colourful paintings of the city’s iconic landmarks and views.

Now, there’s a new generation of naïve artists joining him to put Plymouth back on the map as a nationally renowned...

New Beryl Cook exhibition comes to The Council House

An exhibition featuring some of the earliest and quirkiest works by much-loved artist Beryl Cook (1926-2008) will go on display at the Council House from 24 June.

‘Our Beryl: Beryl Cook at Home’ will run until 9 September and is part of the ‘On Tour’ programme that the City Museum and Art Gallery is running while its building is closed for the development of the History Centre. The...

Our Beryl: Beryl Cook at Home

Venue: 
The Council House, Armada Way, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Saturday, June 24, 2017 - 14:45 to Saturday, September 9, 2017 - 14:45
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An exhibition featuring some of the earliest and quirkiest works by much-loved artist Beryl Cook (1926-2008) will go on display at the Council House from 24 June.

‘Our Beryl: Beryl Cook at Home’ will run until 9 September and is part of the ‘On Tour’ programme that the City Museum and Art Gallery is running while its building is closed for the development of the History Centre. The exhibition has been co-curated with Beryl’s family.

Cook’s work is instantly recognisable and is represented in private and public collections across the world - but this exhibition will be a...

Bidding bon voyage to Beryl

A unique and exceptionally rare Beryl Cook oil painting has sold at Plymouth Auction Rooms and now sets sail for Canada. The original piece of art sold for a staggering £19,200 to an overseas collector, who narrowly outbid a local Plymouth auction-goer.

The painting – titled 'Kissing Time' – is in the much-loved local artist’s distinctively vibrant and fun style. As a Plymouth resident...