History Main / ArtsyBeret

TruthInTelevision, though nowhere near as common as fiction would have it. A number of well-known artists, from Rembrandt to Creator/OsamuTezuka, have been iconically depicted wearing berets.

* In an episode of ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'', Yayoi partecipates to an amateur manga contest. She's seen wearing a red beret while working on her manga.

* In the ''Series/{{Monk}}'' episode "Mr. Monk Paints His Masterpiece", Monk dons a beret once he becomes convinced he's an artistic genius. He [[SuperOCD refuses to wear it tilted]], however.

->''"I've been working on some material, remember to mention it everywhere - is my basker[[note]]beret[[/note]] tilted enough?"''

* Referred to in the song ''Taiteilia'' by Finnish band ''PMMP'' that parodies self-importance and hypocrisy of self-proclaimed artists:
-->"Olen muistakin mainostaa -- onhan baskeri kallellaan?" ("I've been working on some material, remember to mention it everywhere -- is my basker tilted enough?")

* In an episode of ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' Yayoi partecipates to an amateur manga contest, and wears a beret while working on her entry.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy's art teacher, Mr. Bickles, is always seen wearing a red beret.

The beret specifically has become a visual shorthand of this cliche image, and is an easy way to mark a character as a pretentious artist, or sometimes also an intellectual or other "great individual minds". However, in many works a beret is simply a [[HollywoodDressCode stock accessory]] for an artist, just as a nerd will have his [[OpaqueNerdGlasses eye-concealing bottlebottoms]] and a nurse will wear a skirted uniform and a cap.

* In ''ComicStrip/{{If}}'', a recurring character used to Lampshade the pretentiousness and foibles of the art world is an UpToEleven French avant-garde artiste, [[note]]with a FunetikAksent that makes him call people who do not share his artistic vision ''ouanqueres!''[[/note]] who wears the classic artists' smock, and a very obviously oversized beret.

* ''VideoGame/PassepartoutTheStarvingArtist'' is a StarvingArtist SimulationGame, and the title character don a beret and striped shirt as he starts off his career in the streets of Paris.
* The artist-style Stuff costumes in ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' feature berets.

* ''Fanfic/AshesOfThePast'': In chapter [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7262793/183/Ashes-of-the-Past 183]], Latias wears a beret when she's painting.

* ''VideoGame/BugFables'' has Jaune, Vi's painterly older sister who regularly gets art commissions from Queen Bianca and wears a blue beret. Her TrueArtIsAngsty rival Artia also wears a black beret.

* In ''[[Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob,]]'' the first thing Galatea did after striking out on her own was relocate to Paris, where we see her happily scooting around on a Vespa while wearing a stereotypical striped shirt, black skirt, and beret. She actually [[LimitedWardrobe changes clothes more often than most of the cast,]] but this has remained her default outfit, and she pretty much ''always'' has her beret -- because it contains a hologram-projector that can make her look human, if she likes.

* One of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'''s gadgets is a special beret that makes the wearer able to draw very realistic paintings.

* Another mangaka often seen wearing beret is Fujiko F. Fujio, the creator of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''.

* Andy the frog from ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'' wears a blue beret and is an EccentricArtist who paints on the walls in one of the show's first episodes. A later episode has him painting trains since he's also a RailroadEnthusiast.

* Andy the frog from ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'' wears a blue beret and is an EccentricArtist who paints on the walls in one of the show's first episodes. A later episode has him painting trains since he's also a RailwayEnthusiast.

** In a comic drawn by Skittles recounting his time living with Dante Aligheri, Skittles is a Renaissance painter and wears a beret while painting a portrait of Dante.