Anna E. Luke, Pines on Palma Sola Bay. Oil on canvas, 24 by 36 inches.
In 1937 Anne Luke was a founding member of the Art League of Manatee County and first president. At the first meeting of the League Luke said, “The essential of a modern civilization must not be allowed to be defaulted in a community, especially one which is an active tourist center. O’Henry wrote of the ‘Voice of the City’ but what he really had in mind was the personality of the city. To create the personality of Manatee County we should have a steady expression of creative art interest.” Luke left Bradenton for St.Petersburg and later moved to Holly Hill.
Membership: Florida Federation of Art; Art League of Manatee County; Federal Art Project, director, 1937.
Exhibits: Art League of Manatee County, 1st Annual Exhibition, Garden Club Rooms, Memorial Pier, Bradenton, February 8-21, 1937, oils, Fish House at Cortez, Negro Baptising, Gulf at Long Boat Key, Flower Study No 1, Flower Study No. 2, Harbor Hills, Gulf, Oak Woods, Palmasola Pines, Palmasola Bay; Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton Woman’s Club, July 1937, Gulf Scene; Florida Federation of Art, 11th Annual Exhibition, St. Augustine, December 2-5, 1937, Chrysanthemums, Lagoon-Anna Maria; Florida Federal Art Project, traveling exhibit, A Survey of Artistic Activity in Florida in Retrospect, 1938, Key West, Miami, New Smyrna, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Ocala, Pensacola; Art League of Manatee County, 2nd Annual Exhibition, February 27-March 7, 1938, oils, The Path by the Sea, Myakka Prairies, Floral, Sunday in Palmetto Quarter, Southern Oak, Massive Oak; Art League of Manatee County, 3rd Annual, Memorial Pier, Bradenton, February 8-22, 1939, Methodist Town, Floral, Hurricane, Fog on the Gulf, Entrance to Jungle.
