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The painter William Barnes Wollen was a man who had to face the horrors of war. The young artist gained these formative experiences when he was commissioned by a London weekly newspaper in 1900 to travel to South Africa for journalistic purposes. There, together with other selected artists, he was to document the events of the Second Boer War in the form of illustrations, which were subsequently published by the newspaper. Barnes Wollen also processed the experiences of the South African Boer Battles in a short story and a series of paintings. The battle scenes created in the process, designed down to the smallest detail, transport the viewer directly into the events on the battlefield and impressively convey the unvarnished harshness of warlike conflicts. With regard to the documentation of war events, the artist is said to have thought that drawings and paintings would be a much more precise medium than photography to capture the cruelty of the battles. Likewise, Barnes Wollen painted pictures of the battles of the First World War and thematized the battles of the Anglo-Afghan wars, whereby his paintings can be regarded as a testimony to historical warfare.
Originally William Barnes Wollen, born in 1857, grew up in Leipzig, Prussia, but decided to move to England with his family. He received his artistic education at the renowned London University College School and the Slade School of Fine Arts. After successfully completing his art studies, the young painter exhibited his works almost every year at the prestigious London Royal Academy and the American National Watercolor Society. There he initially presented realistic paintings of sporting events, such as the Rugby League games, but from 1881 he began to produce paintings with military content. He not only painted contemporary battles, but also staged historical battles, such as those of the American War of Independence. He also worked as an illustrator for magazines and collaborated with the famous English novelist Arthur Conan Doyle, for whose novels and short stories he produced numerous pictures. In addition, Barnes Wollen took part with his artistic works in the Paris World Exhibition in 1889, where he was awarded a silver medal for his extraordinary achievements. However, William Barnes Wollen spent most of his artistic career in London, where he also spent the rest of his life.
The painter William Barnes Wollen was a man who had to face the horrors of war. The young artist gained these formative experiences when he was commissioned by a London weekly newspaper in 1900 to travel to South Africa for journalistic purposes. There, together with other selected artists, he was to document the events of the Second Boer War in the form of illustrations, which were subsequently published by the newspaper. Barnes Wollen also processed the experiences of the South African Boer Battles in a short story and a series of paintings. The battle scenes created in the process, designed down to the smallest detail, transport the viewer directly into the events on the battlefield and impressively convey the unvarnished harshness of warlike conflicts. With regard to the documentation of war events, the artist is said to have thought that drawings and paintings would be a much more precise medium than photography to capture the cruelty of the battles. Likewise, Barnes Wollen painted pictures of the battles of the First World War and thematized the battles of the Anglo-Afghan wars, whereby his paintings can be regarded as a testimony to historical warfare.
Originally William Barnes Wollen, born in 1857, grew up in Leipzig, Prussia, but decided to move to England with his family. He received his artistic education at the renowned London University College School and the Slade School of Fine Arts. After successfully completing his art studies, the young painter exhibited his works almost every year at the prestigious London Royal Academy and the American National Watercolor Society. There he initially presented realistic paintings of sporting events, such as the Rugby League games, but from 1881 he began to produce paintings with military content. He not only painted contemporary battles, but also staged historical battles, such as those of the American War of Independence. He also worked as an illustrator for magazines and collaborated with the famous English novelist Arthur Conan Doyle, for whose novels and short stories he produced numerous pictures. In addition, Barnes Wollen took part with his artistic works in the Paris World Exhibition in 1889, where he was awarded a silver medal for his extraordinary achievements. However, William Barnes Wollen spent most of his artistic career in London, where he also spent the rest of his life.
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.jpg "The Attack on La Haye Sainte by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Battle of Lexington, 19th April 1775 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Battle of Abu Klea, 17th January 1885 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Ashanti Expedition, Occupation of Coomassie by the British Troops, 17 January 1896 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Battle of Aughrim, July 12th 1691 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Across Mongolia, the Sacred City of Ourga by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Fire in the Prince of Wales")
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.jpg "Our Little Contemptibles, 1914 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Battle of Abu-Klea January 16, 1885 AD by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Military Tournament, No 10 Mountain Battery passing over a Spar-Bridge crossing a Break in a Mountain Pass by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "English Civil War in 1645, 1900 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Derby, the Fall of the Flag by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Hunting Sketches, a Meet of the Quorn at Ashby Folville by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The 5th Division Storming by Escalade the Ramparts of San Vincente, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Punjaubees, After Firing A Volley, Rushed Down And Charged Them With The Bayonet by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Queen Victoria Investing Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, with the Order of the Garter by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, Beecher")
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.jpg "The Battle of Evesham on 4th August 1265, from")
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.jpg "The Graeco-Turkish War, the Skirmish of Mont St Elias, at Nazaros, on the Macedonian Frontier by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Sergeant Ewart capturing the Eagle at Waterloo by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "But still the French maintained an heroic resistance, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Last Stand of the 44th at Gundamuck, an Incident in the First Afghan War by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Bloody Sunday: The Life Guards Holding Trafalgar Square, 1887, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Visit of the Czar and Czarina to Vienna, the Two Emperors riding through the Prater Strasse by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Chartist Demonstration on Kennington Common by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Opening of the Imperial Institute, Royal Horse Artillery firing a Salute in Hyde Park by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Mashonaland Expedition, British South Africa Police crossing a Stream by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Chitral Expedition, Storming of the Malakand Pass by the Gordon Highlanders and the Guides by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Dreams by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Oakley Hunt, going to cover by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Arrival of Queen Victoria at Kelso, Scotland by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Football Sketches by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Incidents of Lord Napier of Magdala")
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.jpg "Sketches in the Yaw Country, Western Burma by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Colin Campbell leading the forlorn hope at San Sebastian, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Spanish-American War, Embarkation of Mules for Transportation to Cuba by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Squirrel by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Charge of the 10th Hussars at Benevente Corunna Campaign, 1809 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Bayonet Charge at Talavera AD 1809 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Hunting Season, Politeness Under Difficulties by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Wedding of Nicholas II, Czar of Russia by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Coldstream Guards at Landrecies, August, 1914 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Battle of Abu Klea, 17th January 1885, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Royal Veterinary College and Hospital, Camden Town by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Waterloo:")
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.jpg "Capture of French Guns by the Union Brigade at Waterloo by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The German Emperor at the Wimbledon Review, the London Rifle Brigade marching past by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Trouble in the Transvaal, Dr Jameson and his Men being escorted as Prisoners after the Battle of Doornkop by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Sketch of Horse with Blinkers by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Duke of Wellington")
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.jpg "Wellington at Waterloo, 1815 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Hampshire Mounted Infantry in Burmah, a Sudden Attack by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Territorials at Pozieres on 23rd July 1916 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Christmas in Canada, Dinners up at the Citadel of Quebec by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Devon and Somerset Staghounds, bringing up the Pack to the Tufters by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Flag: Albuhera, May 16, 1811 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Coldstream Guards at Landrecies, August 1914 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Battle of Aughrim by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Sketches of the Camp of Exercise, Held at Secunderabad, India by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, 2nd September 1898 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Fenian attack on the police van in Manchester, 1867, illustration from")
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.jpg "Across Mongolia, the Sacred City of Ourga by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Imperial Light Horse at Waggon Hill, 6 January 1900 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Artillery Camp at Okehampton, Devon by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Army Point-to-Point Races in Belvoir Vale, Leicestershire by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "A Glimpse of the Enemy, c.1910 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "A Store in Swaziland, South-East Africa by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Rising, the Entrenched Camp at Mayat Killa, in the Mamund Valley, showing the Gun Park of the 10th Field Battery with Earth and Sandbags to protect the Horses from the Enemy")
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.jpg "The Royal Review of Volunteers in Windsor Park, Incidental Sketches by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The British Forces Entering Mandalay, 1885, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Drill Season at Aldershot, the Scots Greys Charging Guns by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Nile Expedition, Royal Engineers building a Fort at Korti by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Funeral of the late Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha at Schloss Friedenstein, the Farewell Volley by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Soudan Advance, the 11th Soudanese Charging the Dervishes in the Fight at Abu Hamed by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Our Success in the Soudan, the Gun-Boat Melik saving the Camel Corps from Utter Annihilation at Omdurman by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Oakley Hunt by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Kaffirs, Holding Spare Horses, Witnessing the Battle from Afar by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Autumn Cavalry Manoeuvres, Charge of Two Squadrons of Cavalry, 20th Hussars and Royal Dragoons by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Battle of Abu Klea, illustration from")
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.jpg "Studies for the Oil Painting, The Flag: Albuhera, May 16, 1811 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Situation at Fashoda, the First Landing at Fashoda, Waiting for the Sirdar, Lord Edward Cecil Introducing Captain Keppel, of the Sultan, to Major Marchand by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Royal Procession, Her Majesty")
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.jpg "The British Expeditionary Force Landing in France by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Universities")
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.jpg "Sketches in Burmah, a Buddhist Monastery by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Military Police of Burmah by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Studies for the Oil Painting")
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.jpg "Thackwell at Sobraon, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Autumn Military Manoeuvres, Reconnoitring Party retreating before the Enemy by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Fire at Ravenstone, near Newport-Pagnell, Buckinghamshire by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Rugby Union Football, Well Saved! Hard Lines! by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Bloody Sunday: The Life Guards holding Trafalgar Square by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Studies for the Oil Painting")
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.jpg "The Oxford and Cambridge Universities")
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.jpg "The saving of Captain Boycott")
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.jpg "Hounds, Gentlemen, Please, Unkennelling Hounds at Cloutsham Farm, near Porlock by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Guns to the Front: Waterloo 18th June 1815 by William Barnes Wollen")
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