Image credit: White Tulips by Anne Walke courtesy of Penlee House Museum

Image credit: The Virgin & Child by Anne Walke courtesy of Penlee House Museum

Image credit: St Joan (modelled probably on Dod Procter) St Hilary Church by Anne Walke courtesy of Penlee House Museum

annie walke

Arts, Painting

1877 – 1965

Suggested by Maisy-Sky Lumbers

Maisy says, “Always known as Annie, Anne Walke moved to Cornwall after her marriage to Bernard Walke. Having studied at both the Chelsea and London Schools of Art, she continued to paint, exhibiting regularly in London, including at the Royal Academy. The couple were close friends of many of the ‘Lamorna Group’ of artists, and Bernard invited several of the artists including Dod and Ernest Procter, Laura Knight and Harold Harvey to join Anne in decorating Lamorna Church with religious panels and altar pieces.

In 1912, Bernard Walke was offered the post as Vicar of St. Hilary Church, where the couple stayed for over twenty years. Annie frequently painted religious subjects, and as well as her contribution to the decoration of St. Hilary, she also painted commissions for other churches, including the altarpiece triptych for the Jesus Chapel in Truro Cathedral.”

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