Biography

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Jean Cooke (1927 - 2008)

Jean Cooke studied at the Central School of Art, Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art in London under Carel Weight and Ruskin Spear. In 1953 she married the painter John Bratby and used his name until the marriage was dissolved in the late 1970s. She taught at the Royal College as a lecturer in painting from 1964 to 1974 and was elected as associate of the Royal Academy in 1965 and a full Academician in 1972. She shared her time between her home in Blackheath and a fisherman's cottage in Birling Gap, East Sussex. Cooke was an accomplished colourist and draughtsman; her intimate portraits, still-lifes and landscapes are dominated by a sense of familiarity and poetic poignancy.

 

Text source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

 

 

Works
  • Jean Cooke, Self-Portrait , 1949
    Self-Portrait , 1949
  • Jean Cooke, Portrait of John Bratby, 1956
    Portrait of John Bratby, 1956
  • Jean Cooke, Putting Green by the Sea, 1963
    Putting Green by the Sea, 1963
  • Jean Cooke, Cave Painting I, 1970, c.
    Cave Painting I, 1970, c.
  • Jean Cooke, Cave Painting II, 1970, c.
    Cave Painting II, 1970, c.
  • Jean Cooke, Springtime Through the Window (46), 1980s, c.
    Springtime Through the Window (46), 1980s, c.
  • Jean Cooke, Beach in Sussex, 1990s, c.
    Beach in Sussex, 1990s, c.
  • Jean Cooke, Seven Sisters, 1992
    Seven Sisters, 1992
  • Jean Cooke, The Blumenthal, 1995
    The Blumenthal, 1995
  • Jean Cooke, Pebbles, 2007, c.
    Pebbles, 2007, c.
  • Jean Cooke, Small Seascape 2, 2007, c.
    Small Seascape 2, 2007, c.
  • Jean Cooke, Hand with Matches, c. 1950s
    Hand with Matches, c. 1950s
  • Jean Cooke, Portrait of John Bratby Seated [No Chit-Chat, No BBC], c. 1970
    Portrait of John Bratby Seated [No Chit-Chat, No BBC], c. 1970
  • Jean Cooke, The Wild Plum Tree, 1995
    The Wild Plum Tree, 1995
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