Belle Époque Splendor: The Discerning Eye of a Collector
Belle Époque Splendor: The Discerning Eye of a Collector
Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S.
Madelina
Auction Closed
May 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S.
British
1880 - 1969
Madelina
signed W. RUSSELL FLINT (lower left); signed and inscribed Madelina/ (tempera) W. Russell Flint (on the reverse)
tempera on paper
sheet: 13¾ by 22¼ in.; 34.9 by 56.5 cm
framed: 18¾ by 27½ in.; 47.6 by 69.8 cm
Closson Gallery, Cincinnati
Sale: Christie's, London, 21 November 1995, lot 326
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Sale: Christie's, London, 21 November 1995, lot 326
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Born in 1880, William Russell Flint first trained as a lithographer in Edinburgh and as an illustrator in London before turning almost exclusively to watercolor. Madelina is an arresting example of Flint's virtuous command of the medium.
In 1917, Flint became a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, of which he was president from 1936 to 1956, and was elected to be a member of the Royal Academy in 1933.
In 1917, Flint became a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, of which he was president from 1936 to 1956, and was elected to be a member of the Royal Academy in 1933.