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A Model for Elegance, Cecilia
Lithograph
33 x 50 cm
Edition of 850
Framed
Published 1984 -
The Blue Scarf, St Malo
Watercolour
25 x 35 cm
Signed lower left W. Russell Flint -
Cecilia
Watercolour
26 x 34 cm
Signed & dated April 1961 verso
Framed -
Carlotta on the Loire
Collotype
49.5 x 68 cm
Edition of 850
Published 1991
Framed -
Mademoiselle Sophie
Collotype
43 x 61 cm
Edition of 850
Mounted
Published 1993 -
A Spanish Christening
Dry Point Engraving
22.8 x 30.4 cm
Edition VII/75
Published 1929
Second plate
Impression IV
Mounted -
Saddelry of the Dordogne
Dry Point Engraving
21.2 x 37.8 cm
Edition XII/30
Published 1935
Signed & dated 22-1-35
Inscribed "Modern Whatman Paper"
Impression IV -
A Dwelling in Aragon
Etching - with dry point & burin
22 x 34 cm
Signed
Edition LVI/75
Published 1929
Whatman Paper 1744
Framed -
Studio Accessories
Collotype
37 x 55 cm
Edition of 850
Mounted
Published 1993 -
Gossipers at Le Castellet
Offset Lithograph
49 x 67 cm
Edition of 850
Unframed
Published 1988 -
A Florentine Masquerade
Collotype
70.5 x 50 cm
Ed. 279/750
Published 1992
Framed -
Rococo Aphrodite
Collotype
41 x 66 cm
Ed. 820/850
Mounted
Published 1989 -
Madame du Barry’s Seamstress
Conté drawing on XVIII c. Paper
25 x 16 cm
Signed W Russell Flint
Signed & titled verso -
No. 1 Slipway, Devonport Dockyard
Collotype
49 x 66 cm
Edition of 750
Mounted
Published 1990 -
An Essay in the Picturesque
Collotype
27 x 39.5 cm
Signed
Edition of 100
Published 1953
Framed
Sir William Russell Flint
William Russell Flint
Sir William Russell Flint, RA, ROI
British (1880 – 1969)
Sir William Russell Flint RA. (1880 – 1969) was an enigmatic British artist who was lauded as one of the greatest watercolour painters of the twentieth century.
From the outset of his career Flint’s work won immediate favour, and exhibiting institutions were quick to give him official recognition. Flint regarded himself ‘first and foremost a landscape painter’ and critics of the time considered him ‘one of the few Academicians who remained faithful to the classical past’. However, it was the artist’s depiction of beautiful young women that garnered him enormous popularity. Flint’s most iconic subject was Cecilia Green, the 22-year-old exotic beauty, who over the course of fifteen years became the artist’s trusted confidant and muse.
The popularity of Russell Flint’s proofs and limited editions, published since his death in 1969, has made the artist a household name. Far less known was his masterly skill in the art of etching, or to be more precise in dry-point engraving. The great scarcity of these prints produced entirely from start to finish by hand, restricts their collection to a few knowledgeable, discerning connoisseurs.
Russell Flint’s works are highly sought after and the publication of limited edition prints not only fed the ever-growing demand for his work, but also cemented his reputation as an iconic twentieth century artist.