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Richard Willis

Richard Willis

WILLIS ( Richard WILLIS )

Willis was self-educated at Harrow School between 1937 and 1942. He had two oil paintings hung in the summer exhibition of the Royal Academy at Burlington House in 1941. Willis joined the RNVR in 1942 and served in Destroyers and Combined Operations, landing American tanks on Utah Beach on Normandy D-Day, where he was wounded. After a pleasant time recovering and painting, Willis was posted to Italy. As a painter and lover of Nelson's Navy, he considered himself privileged to be posted for a time to the flagship, HMS Victory in Portsmouth, where, as a humble Ordinary Seaman, he managed to get ...
Willis was self-educated at Harrow School between 1937 and 1942. He had two oil paintings hung in the summer exhibition of the Royal Academy at Burlington House in 1941. Willis joined the RNVR in 1942 and served in Destroyers and Combined Operations, landing American tanks on Utah Beach on Normandy D-Day, where he was wounded. After a pleasant time recovering and painting, Willis was posted to Italy. As a painter and lover of Nelson's Navy, he considered himself privileged to be posted for a time to the flagship, HMS Victory in Portsmouth, where, as a humble Ordinary Seaman, he managed to get permission to paint in the Great Cabin. Willis returned to civilian life in 1946 and studied Art at the University of Reading under Professor Betts. It was during his time in Reading that Willis met Diana Bateman, elder daughter of the cartoonist H.M. Bateman. He married Diana in 1948 and they have two sons and two daughters, all living near them in Somerset. Both daughters are successful artists.

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Mary Rose (oil on canvas)
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The Gull's Way (oil on canvas)
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'The Tanks Go In', Sword Beach (oil on canvas)
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19th Century Naval Engagement in Home Waters
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Fastnet Abeam
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H.M.S. Chatham Type 22 (Batch 3) Frigate, 1996
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Windsor Castle: from the River Thames
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The Hunt
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Atlantic Ocean, 2013 (oil on canvas)
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Convoy of East Indiamen amid Fishing Boats
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British Man-o-War and Other Craft, c.1740
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Off the Needles, Isle of Wight, 1997 (oil on canvas)
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Waiting for the Tide
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Tea in the Garden
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Frigate hove-to, Awaiting a Pilot
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Sunlit Tree
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Classic Yacht - "Twixt Wind and Water"
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H.M.S. "Exeter" at Sea, 1990
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Saint Micheals Mount
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Engagement Between the Macedonian and United States 1812
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English River
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Gondolas at Rest
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