The life of Richard Caton Woodville, born in 1856, had been quite exciting from an early age. His father had died before his birth and so were the key caregivers in his still young life, first his sister and his mother. She was the daughter of a Düsseldorf architect and moved with her two children first from London to Saint Petersburg. From there, the path of the small family continued to Düsseldorf. There, Richard Caton Woodville studied junior painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and followed in the footsteps of his father and his mother.
His teachers were among others
Wilhelm Camphausen and
Eduard Gebhardt . Between 1875 and 1881 Richard Caton had to submerge Woodville. Reason was an arrest warrant for him because of trespassing. The painter went to Paris and studied here. His most important reference person was the history painter
Jean Leon Gerome . Later, the artist returned to London and made a name for himself primarily as a painter of military and wartime images. Above all, his experiences, which he had collected in 1877 on a journey through Albania and Montenegro, were helpful. There was the Russian-Turkish War at that time.
In 1882 he was also an eyewitness of war in Egypt. One of his major works is the Charge of the Light Brigade. There, Woodville recreates a scene from the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War of 1854.
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.jpg "The Basuto War in South Africa, Departure of Burghers from Outshoorn for the Front by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Under the Red Robe, by Stanley J Weyman by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Charge of the Japanese Cavalry among the Bamboos outside Tientsin by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, 2nd September 1898 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Defeat of the Mad Mullah in Somaliland, interrogating Prisoners at the Base Camp at Burao by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Advance towards Dongola, the Battle of Ferket by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Revolution in Roumelia, a Battalion of the Turkish Nizam on the March by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Rebellion in Morocco, Captive Followers of the Pretender awaiting Execution by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Battle of the Somme by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Sketches in Albania, a Meeting of the Albanian League by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Richard Caton Woodville and his Work by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
 - (MeisterDrucke-77590).jpg "Battle of Balaclava, 25th October 1854, Relief of the Light Brigade (colour print) by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Horse and Bicycle Contest at the Agricultural Hall by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Occupation of Cyprus, Prisoners from the Gaol at Nicosia escorted to Kyrenia by British and Turkish Troops by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Gallant Charge of the Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The late Captain E A W Lendy, with the Sierra Leone Frontier Police, in the Expedition against the Sofas by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Dolce Far Niente, Life in an Indian Bungalow by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Insurrection in Northern Albania, the Manner of Fighting by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Nada the Lily, by H Rider Haggard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Revolt in the Balkans, Macedonian Rebels carrying off Albanian Villagers near Monastir by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Under the Red Robe, by Stanley J Weyman by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The German Army Manoeuvres, the Emperor directing the Cavalry Charge, 12 September by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Life in Albania, Gipsy Girls fishing by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Last Stand, representing the Fate of Major Allan Wilson and his Comrades in the Matabili War by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Wild Boar Hunting in Northern Albania by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Trouble on the Turco-Servian Frontier, Albanians demanding Arms and Ammunition at a Servian House by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Transvaal War, the Battle of Majuba Hill by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The British Reverse in Somaliland, an Advance Party interviewing Native Spies in the Bush by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "A Phyllis of the Sierras, by Bret Harte by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Russian War Preparations, Cossack Artillery on the March by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Battle of Minden, August 1st 1759 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "A Phyllis of the Sierras, by Bret Harte by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The British Mission to Morocco, Early Morning Parade before the Sultan, Kaid Maclean at Work by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Preparing for their Entry, the Guards clearing the Suburbs of Johannesburg by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Under the Red Robe, by Stanley J Weyman by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Quebec by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The British Dominions beyond the Seas, Our Second and Final Annexation of Cape Colony by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Mafeking 1900, Boer War by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Allies in China, German Troops cheering a Charge by the Bengal Lancers by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Under the Red Robe, by Stanley J Weyman by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Hemming-In of the Boers, an Armoured Train foiling an Attempt of Burghers to cross the Railway by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Rising of the North American Indians, Braves leaving the Reservation by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Zulu War, on the Road to Ulundi by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Advance on Cabul, Afghan Mountaineers by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Life of the German Emperor William I by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Eastern Crisis, the Storming of the Blockhouse of Malaxa by the Christian Insurgents by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Seringapatam by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Mountaineering in the Tyrol, turning a Corner by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Riots in Stamboul, Massacre of Armenians by Police, Softas, and Kurds by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Forthcoming Somaliland Expedition, Native Warfare by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "A Phyllis of the Sierras, by Bret Harte by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Matabili Insurrection, on the Track of the Rebels, Murderous Work by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Contraband of War on the Waziri Frontier by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Poitiers, the Morning of the Battle, Edward the Black Prince taking Leave of the Cardinal de Perigord by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Coronations of English Sovereigns, Edward VI by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, the 13th Bengal Lancers in Pursuit of Fugitives by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Advance of the British Force in the Ashanti Campaign, 1873 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Under the Red Robe, by Stanley J Weyman by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Yeomanry surprised in a drift while pursuing a Boer Commando in Cape Colony by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Talavera, Charge of the 23rd Dragoons against the French Squares by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
.jpg "Cynic Fortune, A Tale of a Man with a Conscience, by David Christie Murray by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
