Barrie Cooke
Barrie C. Cooke (1931 – 4 March 2014) was an English-born Irish abstract expressionist painter.[1]
Cooke was born in
Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), the Haags Gemeentemuseum (The Hague), and other public and private collections worldwide.[4]
He was a friend and collaborator of both Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, illustrating Hughes's "The Great Irish Pike" (1982) and Heaney's Bog Poems (1975).[5]
The Barrie Cooke archive which contains letters and poems from friends, including Heaney and Hughes is at Pembroke College, Cambridge.[6]
He died in 2014 in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland.
Collections
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, Birmingham
- Dublin City University: Couple 2
References
- ^ Aidan Dunne. "Abstract expressionist artist Barrie Cooke dies in Co Carlow - Art News". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ISBN 9780907660156. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ISBN 9780903162470.
- ^ The Kerlin Gallery Archived March 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine; accessed 11 March 2014.
- ^ Gompertz, Will (14 November 2020). "Ted Hughes & Seamus Heaney: Will Gompertz reports on a previously hidden treasure trove". BBC. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Big Fish: A treasure trove of unseen writings by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney reveals a vital creative friendship". www.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
External links
- Aosdána biographical note, artscouncil.ie; accessed 11 March 2014.
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