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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Name
John Skinner Prout
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Writer
  • Art teacher
Birth date
19 December 1805
Birth place
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Death date
29 September 1876
Death place
Camden Town, London, England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1824 - c.1876
Arrival
  • 1840
Residence
  • 1848 - 1876 England, UK
  • 1847 - 1848 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • 1846 - 1847 Victoria
  • 1844 - 1846 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • 1840 - 1844 Sydney, NSW
  • 1838 - 1840 London, England, Uk
  • 1831 - 1838 Bristol, England, UK
  • 1827 - 1831 Penzance, England, UK
  • 1805 - 1827 Plymouth, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Hill, Samuel Prout (grandchild of)
  • Hill, Samuel Prout (relative of)
  • Prout, Victor Albert (parent of)
  • Jackson, Samuel (associate of)
  • Evans, George William (associate of)
  • Bicheno, James Ebenezer (associate of)
  • Boyes, George Thomas William Blamey (associate of)
  • Fraser, Peter Gordon (associate of)
  • Prout, John Skinner (child of)
  • Hill, Samuel Prout (grandchild of)
  • Hill, Samuel Prout (relative of)
  • Prout, Victor Albert (parent of)
  • Jackson, Samuel (associate of)
  • Evans, George William (associate of)
  • Rae, John (associate of)
  • Bicheno, James Ebenezer (associate of)
  • Boyes, George Thomas William Blamey (associate of)
  • Fraser, Peter Gordon (associate of)
  • Simpkinson, Francis (associate of)