Beryl Cook

Discover the life and work of Beryl Cook, one of Britain’s most recognisable artists, in this comprehensive guide. 
 
Beryl Cook (1926–2008) is one of Britain’s most popular artists, renowned for her exuberant style and descriptions of everyday life. Her most enduring images are of larger-than-life women carousing in nightclubs, eating in cafés or enjoying ribald hen parties, rendered in graphic and colourful forms. She captures the spirit of the British ‘saucy seaside’ postcard. 
 
She was a self-taught artist and her work came to prominence in the mid-1970s when she quickly became one of Britain’s best-loved artists. Her distinctive works have an immediately recognisable style and are both celebratory and provocative. Her work has been collected by Jackie Collins, Whoopi Goldberg and Yoko Ono amongst others. 
 
Published for the centenary of her birth, Beryl Cook shows her key works together with unseen drawings and sketches, offering a comprehensive view of her artistic career alongside her personal history.  
 
Whether you are a long-standing admirer or discovering Beryl Cook for the first time, this is the ideal moment to encounter her work in full.