Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852

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Name (Hebrew)
פרוט, סמואל, 1783-1852
Name (Latin)
Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852
Date of birth
1783-09-17
Date of death
1852-02-10
Place of birth
Plymouth (England)
Place of death
London (England)
Occupation
Illustrators
Painters
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 20618735
Wikidata: Q2542408
Library of congress: n 85301832
Sources of Information
  • Oxford dictionary of national biography online, 24 October 2013(Samuel Prout, watercolor painter; born 17 September 1783 at Trevil Street, Plymouth, Devon; died in London 10 February 1852)
  • Lockett, R. Samuel Prout, 1783-1852, 1985:jkt. (Brit. artist)

Wikipedia description:

Samuel Prout (; 17 September 1783 – 10 February 1852) was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting, who largely invented the genre of the grand street scene in British watercolour painting, mostly with picturesque scenes from continental cities. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria. John Ruskin, whose work often emulated Prout's, wrote in 1844, "Sometimes I tire of Turner, but never of Prout". Prout is often compared to his contemporaries: Turner, Constable and Ruskin, whom he taught. He was the uncle of the artist John Skinner Prout.

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