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拍品专文
Sir William Russell Flint noted of his model, Diaphenia, 'La Primavera, O che gioia! So ran a notice in an Italian Milliner's: so ran my unspoken words as I drew her. Something of Spenser, something of Herrick was in her. In flowered kirtle she should have danced, rosy-footed, amid the daffoddownlillies, instead of posing, austerely unadorned, in a London studio's cold north light' (Sir W. Russell Flint, Drawings by Sir William Russell Flint, P.R.W.S., R.A., London, 1950, p. 178, pl. 127).
Diaphenia was the subject of a number of works including An English Blonde (private collection) which was with the Fine Art Society in February 1933, and a tempera entitled Diaphenia and Hazel (private collection) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1939. She was typical of the models whom Flint painted throughout his career; 'Early slavery at "The Antique" left me, I suppose, with a feeling for classic form, and I have been remarkably lucky in getting models with what might be called Artemisian figures, the Rubenesque type is not for me'.
He dedicated his artistic career to the nude, writing 'A beautiful woman is one of the marvels of creation, and adequate portrayal a matter of extreme difficulty. The artist's spirit might be pagan or gay, but his workmanship must be deadly serious' (see A. Palmer, More Than Shadows, London, 1943, p. 38).
Born in Edinburgh, Flint studied at the Royal Institute School of Art and served an apprenticeship as a lithographic artist. At the turn of the century he moved to London where he attended Heatherley's School of Fine Art and Hammersmith School of Art and worked for The Illustrated London News. Between the First and Second World Wars, during which he served in the Navy, Flint established himself as a skilled watercolourist. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours in 1914, a full member in 1917 and served as President from 1936-54. Elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1924, he was made a full Academician in 1933, the year this work was executed. In 1962 Flint was one of only nine members of the Royal Academy to have his work exhibited in the Diploma Galleries during his lifetime.
Diaphenia was the subject of a number of works including An English Blonde (private collection) which was with the Fine Art Society in February 1933, and a tempera entitled Diaphenia and Hazel (private collection) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1939. She was typical of the models whom Flint painted throughout his career; 'Early slavery at "The Antique" left me, I suppose, with a feeling for classic form, and I have been remarkably lucky in getting models with what might be called Artemisian figures, the Rubenesque type is not for me'.
He dedicated his artistic career to the nude, writing 'A beautiful woman is one of the marvels of creation, and adequate portrayal a matter of extreme difficulty. The artist's spirit might be pagan or gay, but his workmanship must be deadly serious' (see A. Palmer, More Than Shadows, London, 1943, p. 38).
Born in Edinburgh, Flint studied at the Royal Institute School of Art and served an apprenticeship as a lithographic artist. At the turn of the century he moved to London where he attended Heatherley's School of Fine Art and Hammersmith School of Art and worked for The Illustrated London News. Between the First and Second World Wars, during which he served in the Navy, Flint established himself as a skilled watercolourist. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours in 1914, a full member in 1917 and served as President from 1936-54. Elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1924, he was made a full Academician in 1933, the year this work was executed. In 1962 Flint was one of only nine members of the Royal Academy to have his work exhibited in the Diploma Galleries during his lifetime.