WYLIE, Raymond C

1935 - 2026

Raymond Claude Wylie was born at Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1935, son of Claude Ernest Robert Wylie (26 October 1901-16 March 1940), a fisherman who was killed on active service at sea, and his wife Ruth Evelyn Briggs (29 November 1906-10 June 2000), daughter of Archie Ernest Briggs, who married at Kirkley St Peter & St John, Suffolk on 9 August 1926, after the death of Claude his wife remarried. Raymond, known as Gus, was educated at Lowestoft Grammar School and studied at the Royal College of Art and graduated at Postgraduate level in Fine Art, in Photography and took a PhD in Cultural History. Wylie taught at the Royal College of Art, London, the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and directed the MA in Fashion Photography at the University of the Arts, London. Wylie, who was also a professional photographer was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2005, was a long term chronicler of Scottish island life, and published eight books, five of which are on the Western Isles of Scotland and was perhaps best known for his book 'The Hebrideans-The Photographs 1974-2004' (2005). He married in Northumberland in 1967, Sylvia A Pearson and they came to live at Lowestoft. Raymond exhibited at the Royal Academy from Lowestoft 1958-1964 but around 1980, together with his wife and family. moved to St Alban's, Hertfordshire. Raymond Claude Wylie died in January 2026.

Royal Academy Exhibits
from 22 St Leonard’s Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
1958 17 Interior at Mrs. Castagnino's
         224 Fishermen, Lowestoft
         330 Fish-loaders, Lowestoft
1959 422 Miss Elizabeth Moody
1960 215 Fleet Street
         290 Oulton Broad, Suffolk
         500 Putney Bridge
1961 210 Buffet Bar at the ‘Salisbury’
         211 Cannon Street
from 24 Pakefield Road, Lowestoft
1964 407 Fish Market
from 4 Lawn Mansions, Gondar Gardens, London NW 6
1969 759 The Cane Chair

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Works by This Artist