Annie Walke or Anne Fearon Walke (1877 in Banstead, Surrey – 1965 in

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) was an English artist.''Anne Walke''.
Penlee House Museum and Gallery. Retrieved 1 October 2012. Anne Fearon grew up and was schooled in Banstead, Surrey. After completing her studies at the

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and the

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, she and her sister, Hilda Fearon, furthered their studies in

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, Germany. About the turn of the 20th century Miss Fearon settled in Cornwall, where she continued her studies and established a studio in the Cornish coastal village of

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. After she married Nicolo Bernard Walke in 1911, she soon moved with him to

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. where her husband became the vicar in 1913. She was a member of the

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and other artists' organizations and created portraits and religious works for churches. Her work has been exhibited in England, Paris, America and South Africa. In the latter part of her life Walke was a published poet.

Personal life

Anne Fearon was born in 1877 in Banstead, Surrey (just outside what is now the border of

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), one of six children born to Edith Jane Duffield Fearon and Paul Bradshaw Fearon, a successful London wine merchant. One of the four girls was a sister named Hilda, also an artist, who was born the year after Anne's birth. Anne attended the

Cheltenham Ladies College Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Consistently ranked as one of the top all-girls' schools nationally, the school was established in 1853 to pr ...

and the

. She exhibited her paintings at the

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and other venues in London. Her instructors included Sir

William Orpen Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who worked mainly in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in ...

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and Sir William Nicholson. After Anne and Hilda finished their formal studies in the London area, they travelled together for additional education in

. Between about 1902 and 1904 she may have joined her sister in

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. ;Example of works of her instructors File:Orpen the thinker.jpg, Sir

, ''The Thinker'', 1918 File:Brooklyn Museum - Woman by a Riverbank - Augustus John - from Commons.jpg,

, ''Woman by a Riverbank'', 1910–1912,

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She married Nicolo Bernard "Ber" Walke, already an Anglican priest, in 1911 while he was a curate at

where she had established a studio. Bernard Walke was appointed St Hilary Church's vicar in 1912, but not instituted to the living until 1913. He remained vicar until 1936.Claughton Pellew; Anne Stevens; Ashmolean Museum.
Claughton Pellew: wood engravings : Ashmolean Museum, Eldon Gallery, 16 September-22 November 1987
'. Ashmolean Museum; September 1987. p. 14. The couple was described by Newlyn School artist

Laura Knight Dame Laura Knight ( Johnson; 4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced English Impressi ...

They were both long and thin, and Ber always wore dandy silk socks - he was not in the least like a parson to look at. A man with ideals that he lived up to — he was big-hearted enough to understand anyone and had it in him to enjoy vulgar fun as much as any. After we became intimate we often went to stay with the Walkes at St Hilary, as simple as any monastery in its furnishings.

The couple had no children. After Ber retired the couple settled in

Mevagissey Mevagissey (; kw, Lannvorek) is a village, fishing port and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.St Hilary, Cornwall, St Hilary. Annie Walke remained at their home and continued painting until about 1950. After that, she wrote and had one book published in 1963. Anne Walke died in 1965 and was buried at St Erth.

Career

About 1904 she set up a harbour-facing studio in

, a southern Cornwall coastal town. Over her career she painted murals, figures and portraits. She was a member of the

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Newlyn Society of Artists Newlyn Society of Artists, often abbreviated to NSA, is an artists association founded in 1896. It is based in Newlyn, Cornwall. It was founded by a group of local artists to organise exhibitions at the new Newlyn Art Gallery built by John Passmore ...

and the St Ives Society of Artists. In St Hilary Walke fashioned an artist's studio out of a horse's stable, bringing in extra light, wooden floors and an exterior garden. Of her work space it was said:

In this quiet unobtrusive little place, surrounded by tall shrubs, while the famous bells rang over the peaceful garden, the painter meditated and produced quiet-toned pictures of saints and portraits of distinction.

Newlyn School

Walke met Laura Knight at an exhibition in Newlyn, but Annie and Bernard met more individuals from the

through introduction by

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in 1915. Walke was a member of the

, an artist colony in the

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area of Cornwall. Because of his close association with area artists, her husband's book ''Twenty years at St Hilary'' is often used to research information about Cornwall artists. The Jesus Chapel at

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, built at the expense of Bishop

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, was decorated by Annie Walke. The reredos depicts Christ in alb and girdle in the central panel, surrounded by scenes of various Cornish industries.

St Hilary Church commissions

Although the medieval St Hilary church was rebuilt in 1853, it lacked interior decoration."Reverend Bernard Walke and His Mother."
''BBC.'' Your Paintings. Retrieved 2 October 2012. Works by Annie and some of their artist friends, like

, Dod Procter, Ernest Procter, Harold Harvey,

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and Phyllis ("Pog") Yglesias were commissioned to decorate the church. These artists from the "

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Group", created

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s, panels and other works. Among the works were some depicting a number of the

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. One of Annie's works for the church was a

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painting that was placed just inside the south door of the church. Ernest Procter made a work that depicts

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St Kevin Saint Kevin (modern Irish '; Old Irish ', '; latinized '; 498 (reputedly)–3 June 618) is an Irish saint, known as the founder and first abbot of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland. His feast day is 3 June. Early life Kevin's life is not ...

and St Neot for the

pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, access ...

and a

reredos A reredos ( , , ) is a large altarpiece, a screen, or decoration placed behind the altar in a church. It often includes religious images. The term ''reredos'' may also be used for similar structures, if elaborate, in secular architecture, for ex ...

of the

Altar An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in paga ...

of the Dead. Annie, Dod and Ernest Procter, Gladys Hynes, Alethea and

Norman Garstin Norman Garstin (28 August 1847 – 22 June 1926) was an Irish artist, teacher, art critic and journalist associated with the Newlyn School of painters. After completing his studies in Antwerp and Paris, Garstin travelled around Europe and pa ...

and

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all made paintings for the sides of the stalls in the church. Pog Yglesias made the north wall's crucifix and nearby is Roger Fry's reredos. 12-year-old Joan Manning Saunders made the painted pictures for a chancel screen. The church "became one of the most notable shrines in the country."

Works

Paintings

Her works include: * ''The Annunciation'', oil on board * ''The Black Boat,'' oil on panel * ''Head and shoulder portrait of a woman,'' oil on canvas * ''London Child II'', oil on canvas * ''Portrait of a gentleman in a Spanish cloak'' (Reverend Bernard Walke), oil on canvas * ''Questioning the man born blind'', oil on canvas board * ''Serapheta Convalescent''''Annie Walke''.
Cornwall Artists. Retrieved 1 October 2012. * ''Sorrowful Women'', oil on canvas, stamped with the retailer's mark of James Lanham, St Ives. * ''Thou Art Peter'', oil on canvas board * ''Toilers'', oil on canvas * ''White Tulips'', est. 1940s, oil painting, Penlee House, Penzance

Works for churches

Her works include: For

* A

triptych A triptych ( ; from the Greek language, Greek adjective ''τρίπτυχον'' "''triptukhon''" ("three-fold"), from ''tri'', i.e., "three" and ''ptysso'', i.e., "to fold" or ''ptyx'', i.e., "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) t ...

altar piece * ''Christ Mocked'', ca 1935, oil on canvas,

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, Cornwall * ''Preaching from the Hill'', oil on hardboard,

, Cornwall * ''Reverend Bernard Walke and His Mother'', oil on canvas,

, Cornwall * ''St Christopher'', oil on board,

, Cornwall She has also commissioned work from * St. Anselm's Catholic Church * St. Mary's, Graham Street, London * A Plympton church * Penzance Girls' School Chapel * St. Hilary Church.

Exhibitions

Her work was shown at the following exhibitions: *

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Newlyn Art Gallery Newlyn Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Newlyn, Cornwall, UK. Opened in 1895, designed by James Hicks of Redruth and financed by John Passmore Edwards the gallery was conceived as a home and exhibition venue for the Newlyn ...

(Passmore Edwards Art Gallery), Newlyn, Cornwall in March 1927 *

Paris Salon The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

Royal Institute of Oil Painters The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, also known as ROI, is an association of painters in London, England, and is the only major art society which features work done only in oil. It is a member society of the Federation of British Artists. Histor ...

(ROI) *

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(RBA) *

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* Other locations in America and South Africa After her death, her works were exhibited at the following group exhibitions: * 1993 - An Artistic Tradition, Penzance and District * 1996 - Women Artists, Falmouth,

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(AG) * 2002 - Women Painters, Penlee

Publications

* ''A Boy Returns: and other poems.'' Haywards Heath, Sussex : Breakthru Publications 1964 * ''A selection of seven poems by the artist Annie Walke (1877–1965)'', Camborne (44, Trecarrack Road, Pengegon, Camborne, Cornwall): Philip Hills 2000.''A selection of seven poems by the artist Annie Walke (1877–1965)''.
Cornwall Council. Retrieved 2 October 2012. The books are available at the Cornwall Centre.

Notes

References

External links

''White Tulips''
Penlee Museum and Gallery
Annie Walke (Anne Fearon Walke) works
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Ann Fearon WALKE works
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