William Russell Flint
Scottish painter, printmaker, and illustrator, 1880–1969
He worked for The Illustrated London News from 1903 to 1907. He also produced illustrations for editions of several books, including W. S. Gilbert's Savoy Operas (1909) and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1912). Flint was elected president of Britain’s Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (now the Royal Watercolour Society) in 1936 to 1956, and knighted in 1947. During visits to Spain, Flint was impressed by Spanish dancers, and he depicted them frequently throughout his career. He enjoyed considerable commercial success but little respect from art critics, who were disturbed by a perceived crassness in his eroticized treatment of the female figure. Flint was active as an artist until his death in London on 30 December 1969.
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Scottish painter and etcher, 1865–1945
English draftsman, printmaker, and architect, 1874–1943
English painter, illustrator, and writer, 1846–1901
English engraver and draftsman, 1895–1973
English painter, illustrator, and etcher, 1873–1943
Polish painter and draftsman, 1907–1989
British Pre-Raphaelite painter, active 1902–1909
