Samuel Prout

Dieppe – The Artists – Prout, Samuel

January 10, 2022 / ° Artists, Dieppe, Normandy, West

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Dieppe. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

Samuel Prout
Samuel Prout

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Samuel Prout (1783 – 1852) was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria.

To earn a living, he painted marine pieces for Palser the printseller, took students, and published drawing books for learners. He was one of the first to use lithography. It was not however until about 1818 that Prout discovered his niche. Happening time to make his first visit to the Continent, and to study the quaint streets and market-places of continental cities, he suddenly found himself in a new and enchanting province of art. His eye caught the picturesque features of the architecture, and his hand recorded them with skill.

At the time of his death there was hardly a place in France, Germany, Italy (especially Venice) or the Netherlands where his face had not been seen searching for antique gables and sculptured pieces of stone.

Click here to read Samuel Prout’s full bio on Wikipedia.

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???? - Samuel Prout - Interior at St-Jacques, Dieppe
???? – Samuel Prout – Interior at St-Jacques, Dieppe

Prout painted several other places in France, but mostly in Normandy. A link “⇠” to those cities will appear below when published:

Dieppe in Normandy was a popular place for artists to come and apply their art. Here is a list, non exhaustive, of the artists that painted in Dieppe.

A link (“⇠”) to the artist’s works will appear when published (a “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Dieppe, instead worked in nearby villages):

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