Samuel Prout
Samuel Prout (born September 17, 1783 in Plymouth , Devon (England) , † February 10, 1852 in London ) was an English painter , draftsman and lithographer . He is best known for his watercolors with city motifs.
Life
Prout grew up in Plymouth, Devonshire , moved to London in 1803 and married Elizabeth Gillspie , with whom he had four children. Already in his youth he was enthusiastic about landscape painting . On several trips through Europe from 1818 onwards, he found numerous motifs, which he captured in watercolors and later successfully sold as lithographs . In particular, motifs from historic cities in England, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands can be found frequently in his oeuvre. But Prout also captured natural beauties in his watercolors. King George IV appointed him royal watercolor painter in 1829. In 1852 he died as a respected painter of a heart attack in London.
Characteristic of Prout's Auquarelle is a very soft painting style with subtle lighting, despite the great wealth of detail.
gallery
Market square and cathedral in Antwerp , around 1823
City gate in Nuremberg , around 1823
The portal of the Ulm Minster , around 1823
Ulrepforte in Cologne , around 1824
The Palazzo Contarini in Venezia , around 1825
Old Town Bridge Tower in Praha , 1835
City hall in Utrecht , 1841
Salvaging a Ship , 1848
Middle Brook Street in Winchester UK , around 1813
literature
- Richard Lockett: Samuel Prout (1783-1852) , London 1985.
- Albert Schulte: Romantic Godesberg , Bad Godesberg 1969.
Web links
- Pictures by Prout in the National Gallery of Art, USA
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prout, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter, draftsman and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1783 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plymouth |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1852 |
| Place of death | London |