The intense colouring and poetic lyricism of John Luke’s tempera paintings link him with a time when artist and craftsman were one. Martyn Anglesea assesses this unique painter
Peter Murray selects a landscape by John Luke, a recent donation to the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
John Luke’s work is often considered arcane; but an exhibition planned for 2012 drawing on his early paintings and works on paper, seeks to clarify, writes Dickon Hall