Prout was born in Church Street, Chelsea, on 31 March 1875, the only daughter of the painter Mark Fisher R.A. She studied under her father and at the
Slade School of Art between 1894 and 1897. By 1914 she was teaching life drawing at the
Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts and had her first solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in 1922. She produced various subjects including animals, landscapes, figures, flowers, and other still life. In 1908 she married a farmer, John Prout, Portraits of women painting were a recurrent theme in such paintings as
Breakfast in a Country Studio (1939) and
An Artist at her Easel (1948). Prout had an extensive career over a period of at least 58 years. She exhibited at the
New English Art Club from 1897 (which was an alternative institution for showcasing artists as opposed to the
Royal Academy of Arts, which was mostly unwelcoming to the work of female artists), the
Royal Scottish Academy (1935), the
Royal Hibernian Academy (1924–39), the
Royal Glasgow Institute (1928–58) and the Royal Academy itself in 1921–64. She also exhibited with the
Society of Women Artists (1927–63) and the
Women's International Art Club, both institutions for the promotion of the work of women. Prout was elected an associate member of the
Royal Academy in 1948. She was a member of the Society of Women Artists from 1935 to 1937 and from 1952 to 1958 and was also a member of the New English Art Club. Notable works included:
Mare and Foal, Dusting the Mantlepiece, Study of a Girl Painting, The Looking Glass and Salthouse, Norfolk. A retrospective exhibition of Prout's work was held at the Worthing Art Gallery in 1961, the
Royal Watercolour Society held a memorial exhibition in 1966 and Blond Fine Art also held a retrospective in 1979. ==References==