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Beryl Cook (1926-2008), "Tango Busking," serigraph, nd; photo: Renjeau Galleries. #art #arte #modernart #berylcook #serigraph #screenprint #printmaking #printart #humor #museum #artgallery
September 14, 2026 at 2:14 PM
harebell.bsky.social
Finally got a photo with this chap.
#TheBox
#BerylCook
#Plymouth
February 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
tinanotthewife.bsky.social
I’ve just sat on his lap.

I think he liked it.

#Plymouth #Barbican #BerylCook
February 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
andrewhaglington.bsky.social
#BerylCook #Statue
in #TheBarbican #maritime district
of #Plymouth #England
🎨
April 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM
malcolmstoneman.bsky.social
“Feeding the Tortoises” - 1983
Beryl Cook

Beryl had a great deal of recognition late in life & particularly with the retrospective “Pride & Joy” exhibition, The Box, Plymouth

However, this did not fit with her withdrawn personality, preferring her pets to public life.

#Art #BerylCook
#SaturdayCat
Beryl Cook’s painting of herself with her cat & tortoises.
February 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
thecartoonistsfrnd.bsky.social
Karaoke, by Beryl Cook (1926-2008). #BerylCook
June 25, 2026 at 9:44 PM
nathanfrancis79.bsky.social
100th Anniversary 🎨 #BerylCook, English painter and illustrator, was #BOTD 10 September 1926. #Art #Painting #Illustration
September 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM
stevenw888.bsky.social
Never formally trained, Beryl Cook (born 10 Sept 1926) started painting in 1960, after introducing her small son to his box of watercolours. Her paintings reflected her delight in observing humanity at close quarters & her own wide & varied experience. She painted over 500 paintings. #BerylCook
September 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
janehill.bsky.social
Also a nice little section putting her art in context, with works by Brueghel, Edward Burra and Stanley Spencer. #berylcook
April 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
nathanfrancis79.bsky.social
🎨 #BerylCook, English painter and illustrator, was #BOTD 10 September 1926. #Art #Painting #Illustration
September 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
macwomble.bsky.social
Day30/30
#Books
#30DaysBooksByWomen
#ReadingChallenge
#BerylCook
#FolioSociety

Last day of challenge and it’s another Muriel, who was definitely in her prime when writing this.
The very flawed, unorthodox, and fascist Miss Jean Brodie.
March 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
tomfishpaw.bsky.social
#BerylCook

Bar and Barbara, (1984)
June 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
andrewhaglington.bsky.social
Very much enjoyed the #BerylCook #Art #Exhibition at #TheBox in #Plymouth today!
Am sure she'd be thrilled for her work to make so many people smile!
April 28, 2026 at 7:26 PM
isthismutton.bsky.social
Highly recommend the #BerylCook exhibition at The Box in Plymouth.

Underrated in her time, she captured ordinary life and joyful moments wtih wit and warmth.

#artsky
Plymouth Argyle, before 1979, Beryl Cook Dyno-Rod by Beryl Cook
March 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
Beryl Cook  (1926-2008)
English artist🎨
#BerylCook
mainevixen.bsky.social Heidi Brown Lynn @mainevixen.bsky.social · Sep 28
"Getting Ready"
- Beryl Cook
September 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
geniaus.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZany
Artworks by #BerylCook in the #MuseoRalli #Montevideo #Uruguay #travel
July 1, 2026 at 3:42 AM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
Beryl Cook  (1926-2008)
English artist🎨
#BerylCook
2023chastete.bsky.social Melissa @2023chastete.bsky.social · Feb 6
Tango in Bar Sur (1991)
by Beryl Cook
September 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
lynsey1707.bsky.social
Found some of the Beryl Cook sculptures in Plymouth 😍😍 #berylcook
April 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
thescrollatelier.bsky.social
Beryl Cook (British, 1926-2008), ‚Dog ‚Susie‘‘, 1986, oil on board 18 1/4 x 24 3/8 in.

#berylcook #selftaughtpainter #contemporarypainting #britishpainting
March 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
timdiss.bsky.social
Beryl Cook statues, Plymouth. @theboxplymouth.bsky.social #plymouth #berylcook #devon
January 30, 2026 at 5:57 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
Beryl Cook  (1926-2008)
English artist🎨
#BerylCook
trahias.bsky.social ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · Feb 6
Beryl Cook (British, 1926–2008)
The Vicar's Tea Party, 1983.
Oil on Board, 44 × 38 cm.
#art #painting #painters
June 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
roaringmeg.bsky.social
A bit of Beryl Cook to brighten up your day #Plymouth #Art #BerylCook
Hip and chip on the seafront Plymouth By the bowling green - it’s called Sabotage - didn’t go down well with the lady bowlers
July 31, 2026 at 7:43 AM
thecartoonistsfrnd.bsky.social
‘I don’t know how my pictures happen, they just do. They exist, but for the life of me I can’t explain them’. Beryl Cook - picture entitled Dancing on the QE2. #BerylCook
April 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
Beryl Cook  (1926-2008)
English artist🎨
#BerylCook
romanyboatman.bsky.social Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · Oct 12
The Bus Stop.
By Beryl Cook.
On display at The Box, Plymouth.
One of the best museums I’ve been to in many a year. Well worth a visit.
June 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
mdstamper.bsky.social
“Hen Party II” by Beryl Cook (British) - Oil on board / 1995 - Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (Glasgow, Scotland) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #BerylCook #Cook #BritishArt #GlasgowMuseums #GlasgowMuseumsResourceCentre #artText #art #1990sArt #BritishArtist #WomenPaintingWomen
The painting captures a specifically British pre-wedding custom, the hen party, but artist Beryl Cook treats it as more than comic spectacle. She makes working-class and middle-class women the stars of public life by being visible, celebratory, self-possessed, and fully entitled to pleasure. Her art often centered women in pubs, clubs, cafés, and streets, recording the sociability of everyday life with affection rather than condescension. Five women cluster together in a tight, cheerful group, filling nearly the whole picture. Their bodies are rounded and buoyant, with Cook’s signature exaggeration making them feel larger than life, confident, and impossible to ignore. At the center is the bride-to-be, wearing a large tall white party hat trimmed with balloons, ribbons, and floral decorations. The others lean close around her in bright dresses and tops, their faces rosy, amused, and alert with shared excitement. Red lipstick, flushed cheeks, and glossy accessories heighten the mood of a night out before marriage. The scene feels crowded but affectionate, with no background distraction pulling attention away from the women’s camaraderie. Cook turns the group into a monument of laughter, ritual, and collective female presence. These are not idealized bodies or polished society beauties. They are vivid, social, ordinary women made unforgettable through humor, scale, and warmth. Made in 1995, “Hen Party II” belongs to Cook’s mature period, when her instantly recognizable style had become one of the most widely loved in Britain. A plausible real-life spark for this image survives in local Plymouth memory when a specific woman’s 1995 hen night reportedly inspired both this painting and a related work. That rootedness matters. Cook was not inventing fantasy women from a distance. She was observing the social worlds around her and transforming them into democratic icons. The humor is real, but so is the dignity for a record of female friendship and public joy.
March 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM