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FLINT, Michael

1932 - 2023

Michael Flint

Michael Frederick Flint was born at Epsom, Surrey on 7 May 1932, son of Frederick Nelson la Fargue Flint (19 January 1898-29 March 1959), a preparatory schoolmaster, and his wife Nellie Dixon née Smith (18 September 1896-29 March 1965), only daughter of John Bannister Smith of Grimsby, who married by special licence on 1 December 1916. Michael was educated at St Peter's School, York and Kingswood School, Bath 1945-1946, and the Law Society's School of Law 1955-1956. He married at St Mark's Church, Harrogate on 6 November 1954, Susan Kate Rhodes. Michael Flint was a lawyer and whilst still a lawyer, won prizes for his paintings with the Law Society Art Group annual exhibition and was also a film production executive, with Paramount Pictures in Europe before retiring and living at Green Lane House, Castle Green, Orford, Suffolk, devoting his time to art and writing, his grandparents had come from Orford. An award winning artist, working in watercolour and is an experienced printmaker and has exhibited widely in both Europe and the UK, including his first solo exhibition of watercolours at the Aldeburgh Cinema Gallery, Suffolk in 1997 and it was after that show that his mentor, artist Tim Fargher, suggested that etchings may suit his style and, through etching, has found the means to suit his ideas. Since then, he has exhibited etchings mostly of East Anglian coastal views, exhibiting at Queen's College, Cambridge; Strand Gallery; Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh; Seaview Gallery, Walberswick; North House Gallery, Manningtee, and the Thackeray Gallery and with Philippe de Boucaud in Paris. Some of his recent work has been inspired by the pictorial graffiti found carved in medieval churches and at Orford Castle, which were shown at the Strand Gallery at 32 John Adam Street, London. A director of Britten Pears Arts and a founder member and chairman of Sudbourne Park Printmakers and his etchings are to be found in private collections in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Canada, the USA and Australia. Michael Frederick Flint died at Orford on 12 September 2023.
Website: https://michaelfflint.co.uk



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