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 known primarily for his watercolors with city designs.

Biography

Prout grew up in Plymouth in the county of Devonshire, pulled 1803 to London and married Elizabeth Gillspie, with whom he had four children. Already in his youth he was enthusiastic about the landscape painting. On several trips through Europe from 1818 he found lots of images, which he recorded in watercolors, and later successfully sold as lithographs. Especially motifs from historic cities in England, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands are often found in his oeuvre. But Prout also held natural beauties firmly in his watercolors. King George IV appointed him in 1829 to the royal watercolor painter. In 1852, he died a respected painter of a heart attack in London.

Characteristic of Prout's Auquarelle is a great wealth of detail despite very soft painting style with subtle lighting.

Gallery

City Gate in Nuremberg, 1823

The portal of Ulm Minster, 1823

The Palazzo Contarini in Venice, 1825

Old Town Bridge Tower in Prague, 1835

City Hall in Utrecht, 1841

The salvage of a ship, 1848