Biography
Anne Louise Falkner (b. Dorchester, UK 1863 - d. Paris, France 1933), the daughter of a Dorset vicar and the sister of the novelist and poet John Meade Falkner, studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and became part of the first wave of St Ives artists that settled there in Cornwall. She exhibited at the Royal Academy (1897, 1910, 1911), the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (1908-1912) and the Royal Society of British Artists (1893). She also exhibited in Paris at the Salon D'Automne and through this connection was elected to the Women's International Art Club where she exhibited from 1913-1922, alongside contemporaries such as Gwen John and Dame Laura Knight. Additionally, she had shows at the Baillie Gallery (a joint exhibition with her life long companion Florence Leslie Hervey) and at the Beaux Art Gallery (1926). She specialiserd in depicting horses and cattle. Her work is held in several public collections including the British Museum, The V & A, The Southampton City Art Gallery and the Dorset County Museum.
