William Barnes Wollen

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William Barnes Wollen RI ROI (6 October 1857 – 28 March 1936) was an English painter mostly known for his paintings of battle and historical scenes and sporting events.^[1]

Career

Born in

In 1900, he was commissioned by the new illustrated weekly newspaper, The Sphere to act as one of its special artists in South Africa to cover the Boer War. His experiences during this war resulted in several paintings including "The Imperial Light Horse at Waggon Hill, January 6, 1900", "The Victoria Cross", and "The 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment storming the Boer trenches at Pieter's Hill". The artist also exhibited several scenes during and shortly after World War I depicting that conflict.

He lived in London during his career in Camden Square and Bedford Park, and died in London, on 28 March 1936 aged 78.

Paintings

• News (Trooper, 1645) (National Army Museum)
• Sergeant Ewart capturing the Eagle of the 45th (National War Museum, Edinburgh)
• The Black Watch (42nd Highlanders_ at Bay, Quatre Bras (1894 –
  Black Watch Museum, Perth
  )
• The Battle of the Roses (1895 – Twickenham Stadium)
• The Battle of Abu Klea, 1885 (1896 – National Army Museum)
• Charge of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons at the Battle of Tournay (1897 – Royal Dragoon Guards)
• The Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuck, 1842 (1898 – Essex Regiment Association, on loan National Army Museum
• The 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers at Omdurman (1899 –
  Staff College, Camberley
  )
• The Victoria Cross (Colesberg, South Africa, 1900) (1901 – Durban Art Museum)
• The Imperial Light Horse at Elandslaagte (1902 –
  Africana Museum
  )
• The 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment storming the Boer Trenches at Pieter's Hill (1903 – Queen's Lancashire Regiment)
• Guardians of the Law (English dragoons in Scotland) (Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery)
• The Scouts (A patrol of the 10th Light Dragoons, Peninsular War) (1905 – HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars)
• Ambushed (English cavalry on road, 18th century) (1907 – Sunderland Art Gallery)
• Britain's Watchdogs, 1805 (Napoleon with officers on coast) (1909 –
  Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
  )
• The First Fight for Independence, Lexington Common, April 19, 1775 (1910 – National Army Museum)
• The Flag, Albuera, May 16, 1811 (1912 – National Army Museum^[a])
• Landrecies, 25 August 1914 (1915 – National Army Museum
• Defeat of the Prussian Guard, Ypres, 1914 (1915 – Royal Green Jackets)
• The Canadians at Ypres (1915 – Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Calgary)
• The London Territorials at Pozieres (1917 – National Army Museum
• A Canadian Battalion capturing a German Trench at Vimy (1917 – Royal Canadian Military Institute)
• Semper Fidelis: The last stand of the 2nd Devons at Bois des Buttes, May 27, 1918 (1920 –
  Devon and Dorset Regiment
  )

Gallery

• 
  "The Flag Battle of Albuera, Albuera, May 16, 1811"
• 
  "The Battle of

  Abu Klea

  "
• 
  "Coldstream Guards on parade in ceremonial uniform"
• 
  "Coldstream Guards in France, 1914"
• 
  "The Charge of the CIV's and Coldstreams at the Battle of Diamond Hill"

Written works

• Wollen, W.B., "Christmas at the Front: A reminiscence of Christmas at Modder River," Cassell's Magazine, Dec. 1900 – May 1901, pp. 112–115.

Notes

References

1. ^ "William Barnes Wollen ( 1857 - 1936) Archives". Antique Print Map Room. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
2. ^ "Military Prints by William B Wollen". www.military-prints.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

Bibliography

• Harrington, Peter. (1993). British Artists and War: The Face of Battle in Paintings and Prints, 1700–1914. London: Greenhill.
• "War Pictures. How they are painted," The Regiment, 15 February 1902, pp. 308–309.

External links

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