Annie Walke

Annie Walke
Born	Anne Fearon 1877 Banstead, Surrey, England
Died	1965
Nationality	English
Education	Cheltenham Ladies College, Chelsea School of Art, London School of Art
Known for	Painter
Spouse(s)	Nicolo Bernard Walke

Annie Walke or Anne Fearon Walke (1877 Banstead, Surrey - 1965 Penzance) was an English artist. Anne Fearon grew up and was schooled in Banstead, Surrey. After completing her studies at the Chelsea School of Art and the London School of Art, she and her sister, Hilda, furthered their studies in Dresden, 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 Polruan. After she married Nicolo Bernard Walke in 1911, she soon moved with him to St Hilary, Cornwall. where her husband became the vicar in 1913. She was a member of the Newlyn School 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.

Anne Fearon was born in 1877 in Banstead, Surrey (just outside what is now the border of Greater London), 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, Chelsea School of Art and the London School of Art. She exhibited her paintings at the Royal Academy and other venues in London. Her instructors included Sir William Orpen, Augustus John and Sir William Nicholson. After Anne and Hilda finished their formal studies in the London area, they travelled together for additional education in Dresden. Between about 1902 and 1904 she may have joined her sister in St Ives, Cornwall.

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