Decorative Prints.
Sir William Russell Flint
P.R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W., R.O.I., R.E.Listed and illustrated below are a collection of 'open' edition prints, some of which were used for calendars.
These prints do not have any investment value and are purely decorative.
The signature on the image is part of the original painting, ie. a printed signature, and does not come under the term 'signed print',
which means it has been personally signed by the artist; usually just off the image bottom right.
The Unexplored City
print
The Unexpected Spaniard
print
The Town flag Sospel
print
Terisitas Flowery Robe
print
Swing in the chateau
print
Sunlit Bastion
print
The Wishing Well
print
Rival Tale Bearers, Le Castellet
print
Rival Posters, Les Cabannes
print
Repainting Oar Blades
print
Red Terrace
print
Picnic at Turnaware Point
print
The Mill St. Martin d'Ardeche
print
Semur en Auxois
Lucilla
print
Lucilla Posing
print
Nile Ferry
print
Little Terrace, Vannavez
print
Josefina
print
The Shrimp Girl
print
Maggie Posing
print
Jemima in Anglesey
print
In Classic Provence
print
The Garden Tap
print
The Fest
Silver and Gold, (detail)
Sir William Russell Flintis perhaps the most famous of the watercolour artists working in Britain in the first half of last Century. Was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 4, He first attended school at Miss Clinkscales' Seminary at Portobello, advanced to Daniel Stewart's College for Boys in Edinburgh, and later studied at the Royal Institute of Art at Edinburgh. Between and Flint served an apprenticeship as a lithographic artist and designer in a printing house in Edinburgh. He was the son of Francis Wighton Flint, and studied at the Edinburgh School of Art and Heatherley, London. He later joined the staff of Illustrated London News, ( - ), and then served in World War I in the R.N.V.R. and R.A.F.; before devoting the rest of his life to art as a painter, illustrator, medical illustrator and lithographer. In Flint became a freelance artist and by had become an Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours. He was made Associate of the
Sir William Russell Flint
Sybille and William and were eventually able to return home to Peel Cottage in London,
and within 2 years he was awarded the title of Sir. Sir William worked as a watercolourist the entirity of his life until he died aged
The professional work he produced as an artist over many years helped him to achieve the ability to create a unique style that became his forte. The paintings produced were looser and he was able to illustrate with superb professionalism, an array of depths that could give life to architecture and all manner of exotic material, not forgetting his models.
Russell Flint through the medium of his paintings has managed to give, and indeed still does immense enjoyment to thousands of people the world over.
The original watercolour paintings and limited edition signed prints, have now set the benchmark for artists and collectors worldwide, as a superlative excellence in the use of watercolour, and Sir William&#;s fine paintings are enjoyed by many and regarded amongst the most excellent works on paper to date.
Sir William was admired by his contemporaries, and had a warm personality which he was eager to share with people of simil
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Sir William Russell Flint lived from 4 April to December He was widely recognised to be the finest watercolour artist of his generation and in was knighted for his services to art. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
William Russell Flint was born in Edinburgh. His father, Francis Wighton Flint, was an illustrator and his mother, Jane Russell Flint, was a civil servant. Flint's artistic talents were recognised early, and he attended the Royal Institution School of Art in Edinburgh, one of the precursors to the Edinburgh College of Art.
In , Flint moved to London to take up a position as a medical illustrator, and he rapidly expanded into illustrations for magazines and commercial designers. Flint joined the Illustrated London News in , which brought his artistic talents to the notice of a much wider audience. In Flint married Sibylle Sueter, who had been introduced to him as a potential model. He became a full time freelance artist in , and in moved with Sibylle to Rome.
During World War One Flint was based on Scotland as an
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