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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Other occupations
  • Writer
  • Art teacher
  • Writer
  • Art teacher
References [<ExternalResource: Prout, John Skinner (c.1834), 'The Castles and Abbeys of Monmouthshire'.>, <ExternalResource: Prout, John Skinner (c.1834), 'Antiquities of Chester'.>, <ExternalResource: Prout, John Skinner (c.1834), 'Antiquities of York'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>] [<ExternalResource: Prout, John Skinner (c.1834), 'The Castles and Abbeys of Monmouthshire'.>, <ExternalResource: Prout, John Skinner (c.1834), 'Antiquities of Chester'.>, <ExternalResource: Prout, John Skinner (c.1834), 'Antiquities of York'.>]
Arrivals
  • 1840
  • 1840
Related people
  • 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)
  • Glover, John (associate of)
  • Kay, W. P. (associate of)
  • Walker, Thomas (associate of)
  • Prout, Maria (child of)
  • Prout, Maria Heathilla (spouse of)
  • Marsh, John (relative of)
  • Marsh, Ann (relative of)
  • Prout, Matilda (parent of)
  • Prout, Anna Maria (parent of)
  • Prou, Rosa Heathilla (parent of)
  • Prout, Agnes (parent of)
  • Prout, Frederick (parent of)
  • Prout, Edwin (parent of)
  • Muller, William J. (associate of)
  • Rowbotham, T. L. S. (associate of)
  • West, William (associate of)
  • Prout, Edgar (parent of)
  • Prout, Cornelius (relative of)
  • Woolcott, Mary (relative of)
  • Woolcott, William (relative of)
  • Prout, Mary Fredrika (parent of)
  • Nixon, (associate of)
  • Gunn, Ronald (associate of)
  • Prout, Francis John (parent 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)
  • Bicheno, James Ebenezer (associate of)
  • Boyes, George Thomas William Blamey (associate of)
  • Fraser, Peter Gordon (associate of)
  • Glover, John (associate of)
  • Kay, W. P. (associate of)
  • Walker, Thomas (associate of)
  • Prout, Maria (child of)
  • Prout, Maria Heathilla (spouse of)
  • Marsh, John (relative of)
  • Marsh, Ann (relative of)
  • Prout, Matilda (parent of)
  • Prout, Anna Maria (parent of)
  • Prou, Rosa Heathilla (parent of)
  • Prout, Agnes (parent of)
  • Prout, Frederick (parent of)
  • Prout, Edwin (parent of)
  • Muller, William J. (associate of)
  • Rowbotham, T. L. S. (associate of)
  • West, William (associate of)
  • Prout, Edgar (parent of)
  • Prout, Cornelius (relative of)
  • Woolcott, Mary (relative of)
  • Woolcott, William (relative of)
  • Prout, Mary Fredrika (parent of)
  • Nixon, (associate of)
  • Gunn, Ronald (associate of)
  • Prout, Francis John (parent of)
Related person groups
  • Sydney Mechanics School of Arts (associate of)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (associate of)
  • Sydney's Olympic Theatre (associate of)
  • Melbourne Mechanics Institute (associate of)
  • Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (associate of)
  • Sydney College (associate of)
  • Sydney Mechanics School of Arts (associate of)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (associate of)
  • Sydney's Olympic Theatre (associate of)
  • Melbourne Mechanics Institute (associate of)
  • Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (associate of)
  • Sydney College (associate of)
Related works
  • Mary from the Hampshire Hills (creator of)
  • Neptune, Circular Head, & his Son, Moriarty, Flinders (creator of)
  • Amelia & her Little Bobby, Cape Grim V.D.L. (creator of)
  • Burning of the Albion Mills, Sydney (creator of)
  • Moonlight Scene in Wales (creator of)
  • Snow Piece in Ireland (creator of)
  • Tree Fern (creator of)
  • Voyage to Australia (creator of)
  • Voyage to Australia (creator of)
  • Agnes from Ben Lomond (creator of)
  • Cranky Dick (creator of)
  • Methinna (creator of)
  • Lallah Rookh [Trukanini] from the Huon (creator of)
  • Queen Flora of Oyster Bay (creator of)
  • Alderly Mill, Buckinghamshire (creator of)
  • Mary from the Hampshire Hills (creator of)
  • Neptune, Circular Head, & his Son, Moriarty, Flinders (creator of)
  • Amelia & her Little Bobby, Cape Grim V.D.L. (creator of)
  • Burning of the Albion Mills, Sydney (creator of)
  • Moonlight Scene in Wales (creator of)
  • Snow Piece in Ireland (creator of)
  • Tree Fern (creator of)
  • Voyage to Australia (creator of)
  • Voyage to Australia (creator of)
  • Agnes from Ben Lomond (creator of)
  • Cranky Dick (creator of)
  • Methinna (creator of)
  • Lallah Rookh [Trukanini] from the Huon (creator of)
  • Queen Flora of Oyster Bay (creator of)
  • Alderly Mill, Buckinghamshire (creator of)
Related collections
  • Reading Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Newport Museum & Art Gallery, Newport, South Wales, UK (collected in)
  • Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, England, UK (collected in)
  • Royal Albert Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, England, UK (collected in)
  • Chester Art Gallery, Chester, England, UK (collected in)
  • Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Cheltenham, England, UK (collected in)
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (collected in)
  • Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, England, UK (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum, (Natural History), London, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum (Dept of Prints & Drawings) (collected in)
  • Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, England, UK (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
  • Reading Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Newport Museum & Art Gallery, Newport, South Wales, UK (collected in)
  • Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, England, UK (collected in)
  • Royal Albert Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, England, UK (collected in)
  • Chester Art Gallery, Chester, England, UK (collected in)
  • Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Cheltenham, England, UK (collected in)
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (collected in)
  • Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, England, UK (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum, (Natural History), London, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum (Dept of Prints & Drawings) (collected in)
  • Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, England, UK (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
Related events
  • (Retrospective exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (annual Winter exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (annual Summer exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • Snap Freeze: Still Life Now (exhibited at)
  • Launceston Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (exhibited at)
  • Hobart Town Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Hobart Town Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (exhibited at)
  • Works of Living Artists Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • First annual exhibition of the Bristol Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • (Retrospective exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (annual Winter exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (annual Summer exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • Snap Freeze: Still Life Now (None)
  • Launceston Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (None)
  • Hobart Town Art Exhibition (None)
  • Hobart Town Art Exhibition (None)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (exhibited at)
  • New Society of Painters in Water Colours (exhibited at)
  • Works of Living Artists Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • First annual exhibition of the Bristol Society of Artists (exhibited at)
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