William Lionel Wyllie was an artist in oil, watercolour, etching and aquatint of marine and tidal River Thames subjects. He was born in London on 5th July 1851, son of William Morison Wyllie and brother of Charles Wyllie. Wyllie studied art at the Heatherleys in 1865, and at the Royal Academy Schools between 1866 and 1869, winning the Turner Medal in 1869.
W.L.Wyllie was the father of Harold Wyllie. He lived in Portsmouth for many years from 1907 and died in London on 6th April 1931. Acknowledged as one of the leading marine artists at the turn of the century, he was marine painter to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. His work can be found in the Tate Gallery, the Royal Academy, the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, and many other institutions around the world.
