Negro Dancers - Victoria, Ora and Serafina

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William Russell Flint
Born Edinburgh, 1880-1969

Negro Dancers - Victoria, Ora and Serafina
Oil

Purchased 1948 from the Royal Academy
Museum number 4-1948

Trained as an illustrator, Flint started painting oils and watercolours in his forties. His watercolours were strongly influenced by the 'wet' technique of Arthur Melville. An indication of this is seen in his oils, in his fluid painterly use of oil. He is most famous for scenes like this, 'exotic' women in highly coloured clothing.