Willian Lionel Wyllie - a name that is connected like no other with the realistic painting of the former Great Seal Great Power Great Britain. His pictures of the great naval battles of Trafalgar, the Battle of the Falkland Islands or "Track of Lusitania" are known to all British people since childhood. Even non-British art lovers with a preference for maritime and military motifs are familiar with William Lionel Wyllie's work.
Raised in France as the son of the painter William Morrison Wyllie, his interest in painting was encouraged from childhood on. He later attended the independent Heatherley School of Fine Art in London, as did his Hallbrother - the Victorian painter of idyllic motifs Lionel Percy Smythe. There he refined his technique and expressiveness to such an extent that he was accepted at the Royal Academy Schools at the age of 15. At 18 he was awarded the Turner Gold Medal for his oil painting "Dawn after a Storm". A honour that should become a door opener for him in his career. With this painting, a medium-sized sailing ship sailing towards the coast, a wider public became aware of him. This was the beginning of his graphic work on maritime topics for the magazine "The Graphic". This high-circulation weekly magazine influenced the art world of Europe far beyond the borders of the Commonwealth. The pictorial motifs created by W L Wyllie - as he called himself from the beginning of his career - thus influenced the idea of the lives of seafarers around the world. Colourful sunsets, impressive sailing ships and later the warships of the early 20th century inspired the imagination. But you didn't have to be a subscriber of The Graphic to see the pictures. During this period, around the 1900s, it became possible for the wider society in England to go to public museums and view the works exhibited there. And if you were employed at the British Stock Exchange, the London Exchange, you could see one of W L Wylie's fantastic murals there every day.
With his economic success W. L. Wyllie was able to create an extremely generous family life. His wife Marion bore him nine children, five of whom reached adulthood. The First World War, however, brought further blows of fate to the Wyllie family, the two sons Bill and Robert fell in the war. Through the time of mourning, painting and his routine daily routine could help him. He was a physically very fit man, after all he stood most of his work effortlessly on easels until he was 79 years old. His grave in the cemetery of Porchester Castle is a place of silent remembrance not only for art lovers but also for sailors.
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.jpg "Dawn after a Storm by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The First Battle Squadron Leaving the Forth for the Battle of Jutland by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Home Again by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Escape of H.M.S. Calliope From Apia Harbour Samoa, on the 16th of March 1889 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Blowing-up of Flood Rock, Hell Gate, New York by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "In the Grip of the Frost, the Medway below Chatham Dockyard by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Jupiter, the Figurehead of the Foudroyant by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The British Fleet in the Mediterranean, a Regatta off Palermo by William Lionel Wyllie")
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_Watercolor_-_(MeisterDrucke-1498953).jpg "The windmill in Zaandam, north of Amsterdam by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Toil, Glitter, Glime and Wealth, 1883-1935 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Recent Turkish Mission to Egypt, Foreign Ironclads in the Harbour of Alexandria, 21 October by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "A Perilous Voyage, A Troopship in a Typhoon on the Way to Hong Kong by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Southampton in the Battle of Jutland, from Cassell")
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.jpg "Alicante, on the Spanish Coast by William Lionel Wyllie")
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_with_Tower_Bridge_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1501758).jpg "Activity Scene Along Irongate Quay, on the Thames (England), with Tower Bridge in the Distance by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Volunteer Review, Going Down by River by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The German Emperor at Cowes, on Board the Meteor During the Race for the Queen")
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.jpg "HMS Blenheim, the New First-Class Protected Cruiser, on Her Trial Trip by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Nile Expedition for the Relief of General Gordon, Towing the Armed Steamer Nasaf el Khair over the Second Cataract, Beyond Wady Halfa by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Viceroy of India")
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.jpg "The Bombardment of Malaxa on 23 March, the International Fleet Shelling the Insurgents in the Blockhouse by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Salving of HMS Howe, the Disabled Battleship Passing up the Medway on her Way to Chatham Dockyard by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Battle Cruiser")
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.jpg "Yachting, a Cutter Match on the Thames by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The end of a \"Gentleman-adventurer\", the \"Revenge\", captured by Spaniards, 1591 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Old Style and the New, a Three-Decker and a Torpedo Boat off Portsmouth by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, with the Queen on Board, Being Escorted from Holyhead to Kingstown by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Tower Bridge, with the drawbridges raised for the passage of large ships by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Naval Review and Sham Fight at Portsmouth, Torpedo Boats Attacking the Colossus by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The United States flying Squadron under Commodore Schley which assembled at Hampton Roads by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The End of an Old Warship, 1915 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "A Continental Harbour by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "From the Old World to the New, Nearing New York by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Loss of the Clan MacDuff, the Boats leaving the Vessel by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Dulcigno, the Last of the International Squadron by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Off to the Antipodes, a P and O Steamer going down the Thames by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Battle of Sluys 1340 AD by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The opening of The Manchester Ship Canal, the Royal Yacht Enchantress with Her Majesty on Board, at the Mode Wheel Lock by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Entrance to Barry Dock, South Wales by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Grand Naval Review at Spithead in Honour of the Queen")
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.jpg "Blake and Tromp-period of the Dutch Wars by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Birth of a Titan, 1890 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Golden Horn by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Battleships of the White Era at sea, 1915 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Boats at Sea, 1885 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Funeral of the Late Prince Louis Napoleon, Debarkation of the Body at Woolwich by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Barges on the Medway by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Turkey and the Powers, the British Fleet at Villa Franca by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Fishing Boats Setting Out from Portel, 1872 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Battle of Trafalgar 1805 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Blake and Tromp, Period of the Dutch Wars by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Submarines in the Channel, 1915 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Notes at Mentone during the Recent Foreigners")
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.jpg "A Windy, Wet Day on the Medway by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Bombardment of Alexandria, 11 July 1882, Position of the British Ironclads at the Beginning of the Action, 7 AM by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Floating out a Battleship, Chatham Dockyard by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Visit of the Queen to Liverpool, The Queen")
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.jpg "The Recent Severe Gale in the English Channel, the Steamship Hankow Outside Plymouth Breakwater by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Greenwich Hospital by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Pool of London, late 19th-early 20th Century, c1930 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Spanish Armada 1588 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "A Snow-Plough on the Grand Trunk Railway, Canada by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Portsmouth Harbour, 1912 by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Off to Ashanti, the Special Service Corps Going on Board the SS Coromandel at the Royal Albert Docks by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Dawn After the Storm by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Revolt in Argentina, the Engagement between the Ironclads Independencia and Los Andes on the River Parana, off Rosario by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Farewell! The Navy")
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.jpg "Cowes Roads, Regatta Time by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Homeward Bound by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "From the Old World to the New, the S S Majestic Lying in the Mersey by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Naval Manoeuvres, with the Reserve Fleet by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Towing Past The City by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Anglo-American Yacht Race for the America Cup, Sketches on the English Yacht Galatea by William Lionel Wyllie")
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_after_-_(MeisterDrucke-1503832).jpg "The restoration of HMS")
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.jpg "From the Old World to the New, Sea-legs, the First Taste of the Atlantic Swell by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "1st Battle Squadron of Dreadnoughts Steaming down the Channel by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "Advertisement, Saltaire by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Spanish-American War, the Great Naval Battle near Santiago de Cuba, Admiral Cervera")
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.jpg "From the Old World to the New by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The Eddystone Lighthouse by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The German High Seas Fleet Caged in Scapa by William Lionel Wyllie")
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.jpg "The New Australian Steamer Orient Entering Hobson")
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