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Artist
John Skinner Prout
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Born
1805
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Died
1876
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Title
Waterfall near Lake St. Clair, Tasmania
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Date of Production
1847
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Medium
oil on board
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Dimensions
44.9 x 34.8 cm
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Credit Details
Gift of the Wendouree Charitable Trust, 1975
John Skinner Prout
Waterfall near Lake St. Clair, Tasmania
John Skinner Prout, who was largely self taught, produced
numerous architectural lithographs before emigrating to New South
Wales in 1840 where he generated a great deal of interest in
watercolour painting. In 1844 Prout left for van Diemens Land
where he not only exhibited but also gave a number of lectures to
promote art; undertook numerous sketching trips, and produced a new
lithographic series before returning permanently to England
in1848.
An important Colonial landscape artist John Skinner Prout is
well known for his picturesque scenes, many of which were painted
in watercolour that is well suited to the Australian landscape and
its intense light. Although painted in oil Waterfall near Lake St
Clair also reflects these qualities.