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((Short description|British artist (1926–2008)))
((distinguish|Beryl Cooke))
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((Infobox artist
| name          = Beryl Cook
| image         = Beryl Cook.jpg
| image_size    =
| caption       = Beryl Cook in her studio
| birth_name    = Beryl Francis Lansley
| birth_date    = ((Birth date|1926|9|10|df=y))
| birth_place   = [[Egham]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date    = ((death date and age|2008|5|28|1926|9|10|df=y))
| death_place   = [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]], England
| nationality   = British
| known_for     = Painting
| training      =
| movement      = [[Naive art]]
| notable_works =
| patrons       =
| awards        = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| website       = ((url|ourberylcook.com))
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[[Image:Cook-Tea.jpg|thumb|Beryl Cook, ''Tea in the Garden'']]
'''Beryl Cook''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (10 September 1926((spaced ndash))28 May 2008) was a British artist best known for her original and instantly recognisable paintings. Often comical, her works pictured people whom she encountered in everyday life, including people enjoying themselves in pubs, girls shopping or out on a [[bachelorette party|hen night]], [[drag queen]] shows or a family picnicking by the seaside or abroad.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/famous/beryl_cook.shtml |title=BBC - Devon - History - Beryl Cook: a Profile |publisher=BBC |access-date=20 February 2011))</ref> She had no formal training and did not take up painting until her thirties.<ref>((cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7423702.stm |title=Painter Beryl Cook dies aged 81 |date=28 May 2008 |publisher=BBC |access-date=20 February 2011))</ref> She was a shy and private person,<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4022118.ece |title=Beryl Cook: The Times obituary |date=29 May 2008 |work=The Times |access-date=20 February 2011 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524052122/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4022118.ece |archive-date=24 May 2010 ))</ref> and in her art often depicted the flamboyant and extrovert characters so different to herself.<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/article2404976.ece |title=Roll out the Beryls |author=Rachel Campbell-Johnston |date=29 August 2006 |work=The Times |access-date=20 February 2011 |location=London))</ref>

Cook admired the work of the English artist [[Stanley Spencer]],<ref name="independent">((cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/beryl-cook-selftaught-painter-with-a-beady-eye-for-the-joys-and-absurdities-of-life-836722.html |title=Beryl Cook: Self-taught painter with a beady eye for the joys and absurdities of life |author=Jess Wilder |date=30 May 2008 |work=The Independent |access-date=20 February 2011 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603012733/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/beryl-cook-selftaught-painter-with-a-beady-eye-for-the-joys-and-absurdities-of-life-836722.html |archive-date=3 June 2008 ))</ref> his influence evident in her compositions and bold bulky figures. Another influence was [[Edward Burra]], who painted sleazy cafés, nightclubs, gay bars, sailors and prostitutes, although, unlike Burra, she did not paint the sinister aspects of scenes. She had an almost [[eidetic memory|photographic memory]]. Although widely popular and recognised as one of the most well-known contemporary British artists, Cook never enjoyed acceptance by the art establishment.<ref name="telegraph">((cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2043397/Beryl-Cook.html |title=Beryl Cook |date=2008-05-28 |work=The Telegraph |publisher=www.telegraph.co.uk |access-date=2011-02-20))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jul/24/art |title=Adrian Searle on why Beryl Cook paintings may make you feel queasy |author=Adrian Searle |date=2007-07-24 |work=The Guardian |publisher=www.guardian.co.uk |access-date=2011-02-20))</ref>

Since her death in 2008, Beryl's son John and granddaughter Sophie have run the official Beryl Cook website providing a look into her life.((citation needed|date=April 2020))

==Biography==
((More citations needed section|date=December 2019))
Beryl Francis Lansley was born in [[Egham]], [[Surrey]], as one of four sisters. Her parents, Adrian S. B. Lansley and Ella Farmer-Francis, separated very early and her mother moved to [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Berkshire]] with her daughters. Beryl attended [[Kendrick School]] there, but left education at fourteen and started to work in a variety of jobs.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/may/28/art.obituaries |title=Obituary: Beryl Cook |author=Veronica Horwell |date=2008-05-28 |work=The Guardian |publisher=www.guardian.co.uk |access-date=2011-02-20))</ref> Having moved to London towards the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]], Beryl attempted working as a model and showgirl. In 1948, she married her childhood friend John Cook, who was in the [[merchant navy]]. When he retired from the sea, they briefly ran a pub in [[Stoke-by-Nayland]], [[Suffolk]]. Their son John was born in 1950,<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3666566/The-world-of-Beryl-Cook-artist.html |title=The world of Beryl Cook, artist |author=Isabel Albiston |date=2007-07-14 |work=The Telegraph |publisher=www.telegraph.co.uk |access-date=2011-02-20))</ref> and in 1956, the family left to live in [[Southern Rhodesia]] (now known as [[Zimbabwe]]). They remained in Africa for the next decade, where in 1960 Cook produced her first painting, ''Hangover''.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.ourberylcook.com/gallery/first-and-last-paintings |title=Beryls first painting |website=www.ourberylcook.com |access-date=2015-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218030741/http://ourberylcook.com/gallery/first-and-last-paintings |archive-date=18 February 2015 |df=dmy-all ))</ref>

The family returned to England in the mid-sixties and moved to East [[Looe]], [[Cornwall]] in 1965, where Beryl focused more on her painting. They then moved to [[Plymouth]] in 1968, where they bought a guest house on the [[Plymouth Hoe|Hoe]]. Cook shared her time between running the guest house and producing ever more paintings. In the mid-seventies, her works caught the attention of one of their guests, who put her in touch with the management of the [[Plymouth Arts Centre]], where her first exhibition took place in November 1975. The exhibition was a great success and resulted in a cover feature in ''[[The Sunday Times]]''. This was followed by an exhibition at the Portal Gallery in London in 1976, where Cook continued to exhibit regularly until her death.

Cook enjoyed growing popularity and her paintings soon were in great demand. Her first book of collected works was published by [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] in 1978, and in 1979 a film was made for [[London Weekend Television|LWT]]'s ''[[The South Bank Show]]'' where she discussed her work with [[Melvyn Bragg]]. Cook collaborated with such authors as [[Edward Lucie-Smith]] and [[Nanette Newman]] by providing illustrations for their books. She continued regularly to publish books of her own artworks until the early 2000s, such as ''Beryl Cook's New York'' (1985) which had been inspired by her three week visit to [[New York City]] in 1983.<ref>Beryl Cook's New York, by Beryl Cook</ref>

In 1994, she received the Best Selling Published Artist Award from the [[Fine Art Trade Guild]]. In 1995 she was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire]]. She did not attend the official ceremony due to her shyness, and accepted the honour at a quieter ceremony in Plymouth the following year. The [[Royal Mail]] reproduced one of her paintings as a first class postage stamp. In 2002, her painting ''The Royal Couple'' featured in the [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] exhibition in London. [[Tiger Aspect Productions]] made two animated films called ''Bosom Pals'' using characters from her paintings, voiced by [[Dawn French]], [[Rosemary Leach]], [[Alison Steadman]] and [[Timothy Spall]], and broadcast in February 2004. [[Channel 4 News]] produced a short film on Beryl and her work in 2005, and she was also the featured artist in [[BBC Two]]'s ''[[The Culture Show]]'' in 2006.

Beryl Cook died on 28 May 2008 at her home in Plymouth. [[Peninsula Arts]] of the [[Plymouth University]] mounted a major retrospective exhibition in November that year. Two books devoted to her were published: ''Beryl Cook 1926-2008'' and ''The World of Beryl Cook''. In 2010, two of her paintings were used as part of the ''Rude Britannia'' exhibition at the [[Tate Britain]]. Beryl Cook's paintings have been acquired by the [[Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow|Gallery of Modern Art]] in Glasgow, [[Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery]], Plymouth Art Gallery and Durham Museum.

==Publications==
* ''The Works'' ([[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]], 1978) (Penguin Books, 1979; ((ISBN|0-14-00-5343-3)))
* ''Private View'' (John Murray, 1980)
* ''Seven Years and a Day'' (with Colette O'Hare) ([[William Collins, Sons|Collins]], 1980)
* ''One Man Show'' (John Murray, 1981)
* ''Bertie and the Big Red Ball'' (with [[Edward Lucie-Smith]]) (John Murray, 1982)
* ''My Granny Was a Frightful Bore'' (with [[Nanette Newman]]) (Collins, 1983)
* ''Beryl Cook's New York'' (John Murray, 1985)
* ''On the Town'' (with Edward Lucie-Smith) (Devon Books, 1988)
* ''Beryl Cook's London'' (John Murray, 1988)
* ''Bouncers'' ([[Victor Gollancz Ltd|Victor Gollancz]], 1991)
* ''Happy Days'' (Victor Gollancz, 1995)
* ''Cruising'' (Victor Gollancz, 2000)
* ''The Bumper Edition'' (Victor Gollancz, 2000)

==References==
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==External links==
((Portal|Children's literature))
* [https://www.ourberylcook.com Our Beryl Cook]
* ((LCAuth|n79009889|Beryl Cook|11|ue))
*((IMDB name|1793158))
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