Beryl Cook is one of England’s best loved artists, creating paintings and sculptures that didn’t alienate anyone. Beryl simply painted pictures of everyday life and people that she would see around her. These were pictures of ladies getting on the bus for a night out to the dustbin men collecting the rubbish in the morning. She was an everyday person; this could be seen in her artwork and is why she is loved so much by the British public.
Beryl first met her husband John Cook across the road from her home in Surrey and they began a relationship when they were 15 years old. John then had to serve his country during the war as a member of the Merchant Navy. They kept in touch while he was away and when he returned in 1948 they got married but it was not until Beryl’s son John was born that she discovered her talent. In 1950 John was born and soon after the new family relocated to what is now Zimbabwe. Over the 9 years that they lived in Zimbabwe, Beryl would use her young child’s paint set to paint the odd picture to pass the time but these were far from the Beryl Cook prints we see today.
When they returned to England John took a job in the motor industry in Bodmin, Devon and they befriended a local antiques dealer. The antiques dealer loved Beryl’s artwork and asked if she would mind if she sold some in her antiques shop. They sold all 3 paintings and this inspired Beryl to begin painting more often and sell her paintings through her friends shop.
Despite never really promoting herself as an artist or actively trying to sell paintings, Beryl still managed to become a successful artist. This was mainly thanks to prints and postcards of her work that were both reasonably priced and accessible to the people that bought them. It wasn’t until Beryl Cook reached her later life that she became an internationally recognised artist that is loved all around the globe.
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