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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_at_Waterloo_-_(MeisterDrucke-900612).jpg "The 28th (1st Gloucestershire Regiment) at Waterloo by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Attack on La Haye Sainte 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 Charge of the 10th Hussars at Benevente Corunna Campaign, 1809 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Our Little Contemptibles, 1914 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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_on_6_January_at_Birkenhead_Park_F_-_(MeisterDrucke-320642).jpg "International Football Match (England v Wales) on 6 January, at Birkenhead Park, First Try for England by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Queen Victoria Firing the First Shot at Wimbledon, July 1860 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Our Success in the Soudan, the Advance of the Grand Army of the Nile from Shabluka to Omdurman by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "What")
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.jpg "Boer and British Shots, a Friendly Trial of Skill in Swaziland by William Barnes Wollen")
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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 Autumn Military Manoeuvres, Reconnoitring Party retreating before the Enemy 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 "The Ashanti Expedition, Occupation of Coomassie by the British Troops, 17 January 1896 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Attack on Sir Charles Wetherell at Bristol, illustration from")
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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 Last Stand of the 44th at Gundamuck, an Incident in the First Afghan War by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Prince of Wales Inspecting Mr Walter Gilbey")
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.jpg "The Battle of Abu Klea, 17th January 1885 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Carrying the Charbagu Bridge, Lucknow 25th September 1857 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 "Costumes of the Time of William and Mary AD 1694 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Rising 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 Queen reviewing the Troops at Aldershot on 13 July, the Scots Greys galloping past 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 "How Major Tombs won the Victoria Cross, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Military Manoeuvres in Wilts and Dorset, an Awkward Incident 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 Gordon Highlanders and Their Doughty Deeds of the Past by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "House of Commons")
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.jpg "Prince Albert Victor in India, Review at Poonah, Native Infantry Marching Past by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Sketches of Oodeypore and Rajputana by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "A Day with the Culmstock Otter Hounds 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 "Fenian attack on the police van in Manchester, 1867, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Duke of Wellington")
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.jpg "Arrival of Queen Victoria at Kelso, Scotland by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Autumn Military Manoeuvres, Sketches on the Way from Aldershot by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, Beecher")
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.jpg "Battle of Aughrim, July 12th 1691 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Autumn Cavalry Manoeuvres, Sketches in Camp by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Ashanti Expedition, Akroful, the Second Halting Station on the March from Cape Coast Castle by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Benevente, 29th December 1808, illustration from")
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.jpg "Kaffirs, Holding Spare Horses, Witnessing the Battle from Afar by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Chitral Expedition by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Lord Roberts and Staff on the Veldt Approaching Pretoria by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Royal Review of Volunteers in Windsor Park, Incidental Sketches by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Waterloo:")
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.jpg "The Charge of the Royalist Infantry at Naseby, June 1645 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Hounds, Gentlemen, Please, Unkennelling Hounds at Cloutsham Farm, near Porlock by William Barnes Wollen")
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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 "After the Surrender by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Australians in London by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Outside the Mission House at Zanzibar by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Troops for South Africa, 7th Detachment Royal Engineers, from Dublin, at Southampton Docks Shed Alongside the Braemar Castle 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 "The Lushai Expedition, Goorkhas building a Hut to store their Spare Kit by William Barnes Wollen")
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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 Ashanti Expedition, Passage of the Houssa Artillery over the River Busum Prah by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Street Fighting in Malaga, 1869, illustration from")
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.jpg "Napoleon Rode Away With a Small Suite Through St. Peters Gate by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Chartist Demonstration on Kennington Common, 10th April 1848, 1886 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Battle of Evesham on 4th August 1265, 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 "A Manipur Dancing Party by William Barnes Wollen")
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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 Summer Eight-Oar Races at Oxford, a Bump Imminent 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 "Study for the Oil Painting")
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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 "Attack on Sir Charles Wetherell at Bristol AD 1831 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Artillery Camp at Okehampton, Devon by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Studies for the Oil Painting")
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.jpg "The Duke of Wellington")
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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 Crisis in the Transvaal, Dr Jameson and his Staff by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Sketch of Horse with Blinkers 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 "The Spanish-American War, During the Battle of San Juan 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 Autumn Cavalry Manoeuvres on the Berkshire Downs, Scouting Party of the 20th Hussars in Foggy Weather by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Dreams by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Study for the Oil Painting")
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.jpg "Master John Horseleigh, Knight, by Thomas Hardy 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 late Duke of Clarence 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 German Emperor at the Wimbledon Review, the London Rifle Brigade marching past 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 "Military Manoeuvres at Frensham, Near Aldershot, Royal Horse Artillery Galloping into Position 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 "Chinese Sketches, the Market at Shanghai by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Entrance into Bajaur, Valley of Panjkora River, Contested by Umra Khan")
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.jpg "Pates Assault on the Queen, 1850, c1888 by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Rising, the King")
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.jpg "Norman Ramsay at Fuentes de Onoro by William Barnes Wollen")
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.jpg "Landrecies, 25th August 1914 by William Barnes Wollen")
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