William Barnes Wollen

The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by William Barnes Wollen is recorded in the collections of National Collection of War Art, Ferens Art Gallery, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery and Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

• Name — William Barnes Wollen • Honorific Suffix — Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours • Birth Name — William Barnes Wollem • Born — 6 October 1857 • Birthplace — Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany • Died — 28 March 1936 • Place of death — London, England • Style — Watercolor painting, oil painting

Born in Leipzig, Germany, in 1857, Wollen was educated at University College School in London from 1871 to 1873 and also at the Slade School. From 1879 until 1922, he exhibited pictures at the Royal Academy, National Watercolour Society and elsewhere. His first picture exhibited at the Royal Academy was entitled "Football" but he followed this up with his first military painting in 1881 entitled "The rescue of Private Andrews by Captain Garnet J. Wolseley, H.M. 90th L.I. at the storming of the Motee Mahail, Lucknow". He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1888. • Illustration — "Defeat of the Prussian Guard, Ypres, 1914" In 1900, Wollen was commissioned by the new illustrated weekly newspaper, The Sphere, to act as one of its special artists in South Africa to cover the Boer War. His experiences during this war resulted in several paintings, including "The Imperial Light Horse at Waggon Hill, January 6, 1900", "The Victoria Cross", and "The 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment storming the Boer trenches at Pieter's Hill". The artist also exhibited several scenes during and shortly after World War I depicting that conflict.

• Illustration — "The Black Watch (42nd Highlanders) at Bay, Quatre Bras" • Illustration — The Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuck, 1898 Wollen lived in London during his career, in Camden Square and Bedford Park, and died in the city in 1936, aged 78.

• Illustration — Football, 1879 • Illustration — The Battle of the Roses, 1895 • Illustration — The Battle of Albuera, 1912 • Illustration — A Glimpse of the Enemy • Illustration — "The Battle of Abu Klea" • Illustration — "Coldstream Guards on parade in ceremonial uniform" • Illustration — "Coldstream Guards in France, 1914" • Illustration — "The Charge of the CIV's and Coldstreams at the Battle of Diamond Hill"

• Wollen, W.B., "Christmas at the Front: A reminiscence of Christmas at Modder River," Cassell's Magazine, Dec. 1900 – May 1901, pp. 112–115.