{"product_id":"beryl-cook-hilary-bracegirdle-9781805702627","title":"Beryl Cook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the life and work of Beryl Cook, a wildly original artist whose bold, humorous paintings celebrate women, pleasure, and everyday life without apology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeryl Cook (1926-2008) was a self-taught British artist known for herband her joyful, irreverent view of the world. Her paintings feature confident, larger-than-life women--dancing in nightclubs, lingering over meals in cafés, or celebrating together with uninhibited delight. Rendered in \u003cb\u003evibrant color and graphic forms\u003c\/b\u003e, her work is funny, warm, and refreshingly honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmerging in the mid-1970s, Cook quickly became one of Britain's most popular artists, admired for scenes that \u003cb\u003echallenge conventional ideas of beauty\u003c\/b\u003e while embracing humor, community, and pleasure. Her work is celebratory yet provocative, offering a rare female perspective on public life, friendship, and desire. Collectors of her work include Jackie Collins, Whoopi Goldberg, and Yoko Ono.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished to coincide with the centenary of her birth\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeryl Cook\u003c\/i\u003e brings together her most important paintings alongside \u003cb\u003epreviously unpublished drawings and sketches\u003c\/b\u003e. The book offers a full view of her artistic journey, revealing the woman behind the work and the world she so vividly portrayed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhether 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilary Bracegirdle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1805702629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805702627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Lincoln\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.73w x 0.91d","brand":"Hilary Bracegirdle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48242088476927,"sku":"9781805702627","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8b5fefd-6b27-42ee-ad88-e6af9210ec59.jpg?v=1772657454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beryl-cook-hilary-bracegirdle-9781805702627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}