John Luke
Born 16 January 1906
Died 1975
Active: 1951
Painter, sculptor
Born in Belfast. Worked in shipyard Workman, Clark & Co. where an accident caused him to enroll at Belfast School of Art.
Works
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St Patrick
1933
The Model
1936
Girl's Head
1940
Head
1940
Seraph
1940
Head of a Model
1946
Stone Head
1946
Head in Relief
1946
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Exhibition of The Ulster Academy of Arts, 1940
1940
Exhibited at Exhibition of The Ulster Academy of Arts, 1936
1936
Exhibited at Ulster Artists Exhibition: The Work of John Luke, 1946
1946
Exhibited at Exhibition of Contemporary Ulster Art (Festival of The Arts, Belfast), 1951
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of The Ulster Unit
1933 - 1934
Student at Belfast School of Art
1923 - 1926
Enrolled in evening classes, before enrolling full-time in 1925.
Student at Slade School of Fine Art
1927 (Circa)
Teacher at Belfast School of Art
Taught part-time during 1930s.
Personal and Professional Connections
Assisted George Frederick Morris Harding
1938
Assisted on panels for frieze for Ulster Pavillion at the Glasgow Empire Exhibition. Responsible for 12 out of 15 panels.
Friends with Ivor Beaumont
Shared studio with Frederick Edward McWilliam
1928
While at Slade School of Fine Art
Sources
A School of Design for Belfast 1849-1960, 2009
2009
p. 64
Catalogue of The Exhibition of The Ulster Academy of Arts in Old Museum Buildings Belfast, 1940
1940
p. 1, 3
Catalogue of The Ulster Academy of Arts Exhibition in The Old Museum Buildings, 7 College Square North, Belfast, 1936
1936
p. 13, 24
Catalogue of Ulster Artists Exhibition: The Work of John Luke
1946
Citing this record
'John Luke', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib3_1256984142, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
