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William Russell Flint
Scottish artist and illustrator (1880–1969)
Sir William Russell Flint (4 April 1880 – 30 December 1969) was a Scottish artist and illustrator who was known especially for his watercolours of women.
He also worked in oils, tempera, and printmaking.[1]
Biography
Flint was born in Edinburgh on 4 April 1880 and was educated at Daniel Stewart's College and then Edinburgh Institution.[2] From 1894 to 1900 Flint was apprenticed as a lithographic draughtsman while taking classes at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh.[3] From 1900 to 1902 he worked as a medical illustrator in London while studying part-time at the Heatherley School of Fine Art.[4] He furthered his art education by studying independently at the British Museum.
He was an artist for The Illustrated London News from 1903 to 1909, and produced illustrations for editions of several books, including H Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines (1907 edition),