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 "Attack on Sir Charles Wetherell at Bristol, illustration from")
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.jpg "Arrest of the conspirators at the Mermaid, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, Beecher")
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.jpg "The Prince of Wales Inspecting Mr Walter Gilbey")
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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 "Incidents of Last Year")
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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 "With the Devon and Somerset Staghounds, Taking the Hounds to the Meet over Exford Bridge 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 "Across Mongolia, the Sacred City of Ourga 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 "Study for the Oil Painting")
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.jpg "The Insurrection in Cuba, Spanish Troops Falling into an Ambuscade 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 "Royal Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Rising, Thana, Swat Valley, with Camp by William Barnes Wollen")
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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 "The Queen Investing Abdul Aziz with the Order of the Garter, 1881 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Military Tournament at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Sortie of the Soudanese Garrison by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Lushai Expedition, Goorkhas building a Hut to store their Spare Kit by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Benevente, 29th December 1808, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Chartist Demonstration on Kennington Common, 10th April 1848, 1886 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Military Operations in Sierra Leone, Scenes in the Kissi Country 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 "Campaign against the Chin Tribes, Frontier of Upper Burmah 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 Military Manoeuvres in Wilts and Dorset, going to the Officers")
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.jpg "The Oxford and Yale Universities")
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.jpg "Japanese Troops Embarking at Kobe 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 Derby, the Fall of the Flag by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Battle of Abu Klea, 17th January 1885, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Stanley")
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.jpg "Study for the Oil Painting by William Barns Wollen, The Battle of Lexington 1775 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Queen")
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.jpg "The saving of Captain Boycott")
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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 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Rising, View of the Tor Ghar Range, from Fort Bara, showing the Position of the Sapri (Ghuzdarra) Pass by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Oxford and Cambridge Universities")
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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 "The Battle of Abu Klea, illustration from")
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.jpg "Bloody Sunday: The Life Guards Holding Trafalgar Square, 1887, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Opening of the Tower Bridge, Saturday, 30 June 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 "English Civil War in 1645, 1900 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 French Rushed Forward With Triumphant Yells and Firing Down Into The Hollow Road by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Square at Abu-Klea, 17th January 1885 (Illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, 1915) by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Football, a Maul in Goal by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Battle of Evesham on 4th August 1265, from")
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.jpg "The Military Tournament at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Royal Horse Artillery Galloping by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Thackwell at Sobraon, illustration from Cassell")
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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 "Review of the 1st Yeomanry Brigade by the queen in Windsor Park, 1894 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Landing of Japanese Troops on the Beach at Chemulpo, Korea 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 "British Troops Cheering Whilst Standing at Ease, 1815, c.1890 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 Spanish-American War, Officers and Men of the United States Navy by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Sporting and Military Show at Olympia, West Kensington by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Advance towards Dongola by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The assault of Athlone, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Bar Point-to-Point Races at Epping, at the Brook by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Fire in the Prince of Wales")
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.jpg "Conveying Farm Produce in Chile by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Royal Procession, Her Majesty")
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.jpg "Jack")
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.jpg "The Military Ceremony at Potsdam, the Emperor at the Head of the Gardes du Corps by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Military Manoeuvres at Frensham, Near Aldershot, Royal Horse Artillery Galloping into Position by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Night Bivouac, the Boers continue firing upon the Camp during a Thunderstorm by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Volunteer Review, Departure of the Artists Corps from Victoria Railway Station by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Duke of Wellington")
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.jpg "Street Fighting in Malaga 1869 AD by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Battle of Aughrim by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Late Duke of Clarence Installed at Reading as Provincial Grand Master of Berkshire Freemasons 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 Chartist Demonstration on Kennington Common by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Royal Tour in Ireland, Visit to Ross Castle, Killarney 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 Spanish-American War, Embarkation of Mules for Transportation to Cuba by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Funeral of Mr Gladstone, the Lying-in-State in Westminster Hall, a Midnight Vigil by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Ashanti Expedition, Officers of the West India Regiment at Revolver Practice on Board the Loanda by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Royal Visit to Fingal")
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.jpg "Street Fighting in Malaga, 1869, illustration from")
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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 "Artillery Camp at Okehampton, Devon by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Sketches of the Chin-Lushai Expedition by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Pony and Galloway Races at the Ranelagh Club on Boat-Race Day by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "With the British South Africa Company")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Rising, the King")
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.jpg "The Mashonaland Expedition, British South Africa Police crossing a Stream by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Pates Assault on the Queen, 1850, c1888 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Sketch of Horse with Blinkers 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 "Sketches of the Camp of Exercise, Held at Secunderabad, India by William Barnes Wollen")
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