Producing a collection of watercolour paintings for approximately 70 years, Sir William Russell Flint is a legend amongst admirers of fine art.
He was born in 1880 and died in 1969 after a long and distinguished artistic career.
His mother was Jane Russell Flint - amongst the first of Scottish female civil servants and his father, Francis Wighton Flint, was a ticket writer and an illuminator. He also had 2 siblings - a brother and a sister. His remarkable talent was recognized early in age and he was enrolled into the Royal School of Art in Edinburgh, Scotland. On completion, he served a six-year apprenticeship with a large printing works in Edinburgh as lithographic artist and a designer.
