Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)

In 1962 Flint was one of only nine members of the Royal Academy to exhibit his work in the Diploma Gallery during his lifetime. The exhibition attracted considerable attention; Eric Newton in his article for The Guardian, 19 October 1962, noted how Flint had made the art of nudes his realm 'Other artists have inhabited it in the past - Boucher, Ingres and Etty among them. Greater artists than they have strolled through it, taking it in their stride - Titian and Rubens for example- but never making it their permanent home.'