John Luke RUA

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John Luke was born in Belfast and became mainly a painter of landscape and figures. He was an artist who very much dedicated his time to craftsmanship and before winning a scholarship to the Belfast School of Art, he worked in the shipyard of Belfast and the York street flax spinning mill. Luke then moved to London and it was here that he began to show his work through exhibitions.

During the Second World War, John took a break from painting and took up teaching at the Belfast College of Art. At the time of the 1940’s, Luke’s work was barely known outside of Ulster, but when James White from Dublin saw his pieces, he said, ‘John Luke has achieved colour tones of purity, and textural values of a quality unequalled by any painter of the past three centuries whose work I know.’

John Luke RUA - Auction results

There have been 43 artwork(s) sold in previous auctions

Lot 157 Sale Date: 01 December 2010
Result: £8,000
LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES Sale Date: 05 June 2014 Medium: Mixed Media Size: H 10" x W 14"
Result: £1,500
Lot 166 Sale Date: 08 October 2008
Result: £1,200
LAGAN REFLECTIONS Sale Date: 14 February 2019 Medium: Watercolour Drawing Size: H 9" x W 12"
Result: £1,100
Lot 153 Sale Date: 28 January 2009
Result: £1,000
Lot 175 Sale Date: 05 December 2012
Result: £950
Lot 151 Sale Date: 01 December 2010
Result: £800
THE OLD PIER, BELFAST LOUGH Sale Date: 16 May 2019 Medium: Oil on Board Size: H 7" x W 10"
Result: £750
Lot 162 Sale Date: 28 January 2009
Result: £700
Lot 22 Sale Date: 03 June 2009
Result: £700
FEMALE NUDE Sale Date: 08 October 2014 Medium: Coloured Pencil on Paper Size: H 24" x W 16"
Result: £700

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