The River Gard, Languedoc

Sir William Russell Flint

P.R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W., R.O.I., R.E.

russell flint river Gard, Languedoc, watercolour
The wooded banks of the River Gard, Languedoc
signed 'W. RUSSELL FLINT'
An Original watercolour, by Sir William Russell Flint
Image size 13.5 x 9.5 inches

Sir William Russell Flint. 1880-1969.
Sir William Russell Flint, born in Edinburgh on 4th April 1880.
His father Francis Wighton Flint, already a watercolour artist and designer,
William Russell Flint was lucky to have a background for a career in art. After attending Daniel Stewarts School,
he joined the Royal Institution College of Artwork in Edinburgh the place he realized the basis of line and
colour which he later developed into his own unique watercolour style.
Nonetheless, the mandatory self-discipline required of all great artists was realized throughout his six year apprenticeship
as a draughtsman at a big printing works in Edinburgh.
In 1903 Russell Flint began work at the Illustrated London News drawing illustrations.
This was the era before photos, a time where drawings and engravings have been the only source of illustration for books and magazines.
The Illustrated London News being read across the globe, and the name of William Russell Flint was passed on across the continents
providing the basis for the international recognition he was later to receive as a watercolour artist.