Richard Cook (painter born 1947) explained

Richard Cook
Birth Date:1947
Birth Place:Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Nationality:British
Known For:Painting
Training:Saint Martin's School of Art, Royal College of Art

Richard Vernon Francis Cook (born 1947, Cheltenham, England) is a British painter living and working in Newlyn, Cornwall. Cook has been exhibiting for over twenty five years and has received awards from the British Council and the Arts Council. In 2001 he was given a solo show at Tate St Ives,[1] with a related publication,[2] and a major painting was acquired for the collection[3] in 2006. Further works are held in the British Museum collection.

Early life and education

Cook spent his early childhood in Ceylon, upon his family’s return to England, he attended school in Oxfordshire. Cook went on to study at Saint Martin's School of Art, London (1966–70), and the Royal College of Art,[4] London (1970–73). As a child Cook was passionate about nature and learnt the names of trees, birds, fish and flowers. He spent countless hours near the river and woods inOxford where he lived, feeling rooted through his experiences of nature. These are the things he loved as a child and is rediscovering as an artist living in Cornwall.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 Luminous, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall . 3 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010307022843/http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/exhibitions/stivesa.htm . March 7, 2001 .
  2. Book: Archer, Michael. Scapeland and inscape : the landscapes of Richard Cook; [Tate St Ives, 13 January - 11 March 2001]. 2001. Tate [u.a.]. St Ives. 1854373781.
  3. Web site: Richard Cook in the Tate Collection. 3 July 2012.
  4. News: The Independent - In The Studio: Richard Cook, painter. 6 March 2013 . London. Karen. Wright. 1 March 2013.
  5. Web site: Tate Collection.
  6. Web site: Arts Council Collection: Summer Morning, Lelant 2000.
  7. Web site: British Museum collection.
  8. Web site: Deutsche Bank London collection.
  9. Web site: 2003 New Paintings, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London.
  10. Web site: 2006 New Paintings, Art First London.
  11. Web site: 2008 Iridescence, Art First, London.
  12. Web site: 2010 Under the Summer, The Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall.
  13. Web site: Under the Summer, Exhibition catalogue.
  14. Web site: With Closed Eyes, Kestle Barton.
  15. http://www.felixandspear.com/richard-cook Felix & Spear
  16. Book: Britain, selected by R.B. Kitaj [for the] Arts Council of Great. The human clay : an exhibition. 1976. Arts Council of Great Britain. [London]. 0728701014.
  17. Web site: 2005 Mixed Doubles, Art First, London.
  18. Web site: Drawing Inspiration: Contemporary British Drawing, Abbot Hall, Kendal.
  19. Web site: Art Now, Tate St. Ives.
  20. Web site: 2010 Meetings Of Dreams, The Wills Lane Gallery, St. Ives. dead. https://archive.today/20130505131145/http://www.willslanegallery.co.uk/cook-zia-frameset.htm. 2013-05-05.
  21. Web site: 2012, Landscape, Redfern Gallery. dead. https://archive.today/20130201042147/http://www.redfern-gallery.com/Landscape-Paintings-Drawings-and-Prints-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=47&tabindex=46&eventid=22740. 2013-02-01.

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