Richard Cook (painter born 1947)

For other people with the same name, see Richard Cook (disambiguation).

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.^[4]

Richard Cook
Born	1947 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Nationality	British
Education	Saint Martin's School of Art, Royal College of Art
Known for	Painting

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,^[5] 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 in Oxford 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.^[6]

Collections

• Tate Gallery, London^[7]
• The Arts Council of Great Britain^[8]
• The British Museum, London^[4]
• Manchester City Art Gallery
• Deutsche Bank, London^[9]

Selected exhibitions

Solo

• 2001: Luminous, Tate St Ives, Cornwall^[10]
• 2003: New Paintings, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London^[11]
• 2006: Art First, London^[12]
• 2008: Iridescence, Art First, London^[13]
• 2010: Under the Summer, The Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall^[14][15]
• 2012: With Closed Eyes, Keslte Barton, Manaccan, Cornwall^[16]
• 2016: She lies within my sleep, Felix & Spear, London^[17]

Group

• 1976: The Human Clay, Hayward Gallery, London^[18]
• 2005: Mixed Doubles, Art First, London^[19]
• 2006: Drawing Inspiration: Contemporary British Drawing, Abbot Hall, Kendal^[20]
• 2007: Art Now, Tate St. Ives^[21]
• 2010: Meetings Of Dreams, The Wills Lane Gallery, St. Ives^[22]
• 2012: Landscape, The Redfern Gallery, London^[23]

See also

• Cornwall portal

References

1. "2001 Luminous, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall". Archived from the original on 7 March 2001. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
2. Archer, Michael (2001). Scapeland and inscape : the landscapes of Richard Cook; [Tate St Ives, 13 January - 11 March 2001]. St Ives: Tate [u.a.] ISBN 1854373781.
3. "Richard Cook in the Tate Collection". Retrieved 3 July 2012.
4. "British Museum collection".
5. Wright, Karen (1 March 2013). "The Independent - In The Studio: Richard Cook, painter". London. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
6. Cook, Richard (2003), Richard Cook : new paintings, Essay by Susan Daniel-McElroy, OCLC 71320034
7. "Tate Collection".
8. "Arts Council Collection: Summer Morning, Lelant 2000".
9. "Deutsche Bank London collection".
10. Luminous at the Wayback Machine (archived March 7, 2001)
11. "2003 New Paintings, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London".
12. "2006 New Paintings, Art First London".
13. "2008 Iridescence, Art First, London".
14. "2010 Under the Summer, The Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall".
15. "Under the Summer, Exhibition catalogue" (PDF).
16. "With Closed Eyes, Kestle Barton".
17. Felix & Spear
18. Britain, selected by R.B. Kitaj [for the] Arts Council of Great (1976). The human clay : an exhibition. [London]: Arts Council of Great Britain. ISBN 0728701014.
19. "2005 Mixed Doubles, Art First, London".
20. "Drawing Inspiration: Contemporary British Drawing, Abbot Hall, Kendal".
21. "Art Now, Tate St. Ives".
22. "2010 Meetings Of Dreams, The Wills Lane Gallery, St. Ives". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
23. "2012, Landscape, Redfern Gallery". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013.