John Skinner Prout b. 19 December 1805

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Prout was a painter, lithographer, art teacher and writer. An Australian critic once described his works as 'one of those wild and scattery bits, both in form and colour, which so nearly verge on the grotesque, that they stamp their authors as "genius run mad"'.
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exhibited at
(Retrospective exhibition)
Date
1986
Place
Australia
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Australian Landscape
Date
1972 - 1973
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

“The Australian Landscape” was a national touring exhibition organised by the Australian Gallery Directors’ Council in 1972. The organising gallery was the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the curators were Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Ian North (Art Gallery of South Australia) and Frances McCarthy [later Lindsay] (National Gallery of Victoria). Generous funding from the Peter Stuyvesant foundation enabled the curators to travel the country together in order to make considered judgements.
The exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 3 March 1972, and toured to the Western Australian Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery (temporary premises), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery, and the Queensland Art Gallery.
The catalogue introduction claims that the exhibition comprised of 'fifty-five of the best Australian landscapes ever executed’. It was characterised by a breadth of vision, with works from every state – including regional galleries and private collections. It is distinguished by having a greater emphasis on colonial works than previous exhibitions, and elevating the reputation of Eugene Von Guerard and John Glover.
There were only two works by women – Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston– and none by any Aboriginal artist.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New Society of Painters in Water Colours (annual Winter exhibition)
Date
1866 - 1876
Place
England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New Society of Painters in Water Colours (annual Summer exhibition)
Date
1849 - 1876
Place
England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Snap Freeze: Still Life Now
Date
1849
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Launceston Exhibition
Date
January 1848
Place
Launceston, Van Diemen's Land (Tas.)
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia
Date
1847
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hobart Town Art Exhibition
Date
1846
Place
Hobart, Tas.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hobart Town Art Exhibition
Date
1845
Place
Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
October 1843
Place
Cetta & Hughes's shop, George Street, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New Society of Painters in Water Colours
Date
1842
Place
London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New Society of Painters in Water Colours
Date
1841
Place
London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New Society of Painters in Water Colours
Date
1840
Place
London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New Society of Painters in Water Colours
Date
1839
Place
London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Works of Living Artists Exhibition
Date
1836
Place
Bath, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
First annual exhibition of the Bristol Society of Artists
Date
1832
Place
Bristol, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition

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