The Pool at the Biltmore Hotel, 1926. Oil on canvas, 30 by 40 inches, signed lower left. Here is a painting by Walter Bowman Russell, The Pool at the Biltmore Hotel, 1926, that I purchased, what seems a lifetime ago, from my old friend Mike Turbeville. Many Florida collectors will remember Mike as The Florida Picker. I’ve had it in my collection for over thirty years. It’s the only Russell painting done in Miami that I’ve seen. Perhaps this article will help turn up another. Walter Bowman Russell invented the concept of condominium and brought it to Miami Beach in … Continue reading RUSSELL, WALTER BOWMAN — MIAMI