Beryl Bainbridge, painter

7 December 2012 to 28 April 2013

Please note that this exhibition has now closed

A unique collection of fifteen paintings by the celebrated Liverpool-born author, Beryl Bainbridge, which were displayed together for the first time. 

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Beryl Bainbridge was one of the UK’s most famous novelists and an accomplished painter. The exhibition explored the paintings’ connections to Bainbridge’s best-loved novels, family, lovers and life in Liverpool.

• Watch an in-depth video about one of the paintings from the exhibition
• Watch a short clip from the film 'Beryl's Last Year'
• Read a selection of exhibition reviews

A new book, 'Beryl Bainbridge: Artist, Writer, Friend' written by her life long friend Psiche Hughes, is available to buy from the online shop| and at the Museum of Liverpool.

Organised in collaboration with the Estate of Beryl Bainbridge and Psiche Hughes

Boarding the Titanic, 1992 (detail) © The Estate of Beryl Bainbridge

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The exhibition s in the Museum of Liverpool's Skylight gallery. Home Bargains| has sponsored the Skylight gallery| for a two-year period, which began in 2012 with the display of the Liverpool Tapestry|, enabling the space to be used for exhibitions and associated community programmes.