William Barnes Wollen
1857–1936 (age 79)
Biography
William Barnes Wollen studied at the Royal Academy schools and devoted his brush to the dramas of modern wars, producing detailed canvases of the Sudan campaign, the Boer War, and the Great War that drew viewers into the discipline of the battlefield.
His meticulous research and empathetic portrayals helped frame public memory of those conflicts, and the generosity of his gifts to institutions endures as he lies at Acton Cemetery.