Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith
(1846 - 1923) OSA RCA
Previously Sold Works
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Western Canoeing Scene
watercolour
signed and dated 1889 on the right side
12 x 20 ins ( 30.5 x 50.8 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Garden at Gad’s Hill
watercolour
signed lower right
10.5 x 7.25 ins ( 26.7 x 18.4 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
River Through the Mountains
watercolour
signed lower right
10.75 x 15.5 ins ( 27.3 x 39.4 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Hyde Park Corner
watercolour
signed lower left
9 x 12.75 ins ( 22.9 x 32.4 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Hiking in the Mountains
watercolour, laid down on card
signed lower left
15.5 x 9 ins ( 39.4 x 22.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,300.00
Sale date: September 17th 2014
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Fleet Street
oil on card
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12.25 x 8 ins ( 31.1 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,100.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Windmill, Holland
watercolour
signed lower left; dated 1893 on a remnant of past framing backing paper (attached to the reverse of the current framing)
12.5 x 24.5 ins ( 31.8 x 62.2 cms ) ( image )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Indian Burial Stand Western Canada Mountains
watercolour
signed lower right
11 x 12.5 ins ( 27.9 x 31.8 cms ) ( sight )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Canterbury
watercolour on card
signed lower left
5 x 7 ins ( 12.7 x 17.8 cms ) ( sight )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
By the River
oil on board
signed lower left
8.5 x 5.5 ins ( 21.6 x 14 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Wandering Cattle
oil on board
signed lower right
6 x 6 ins ( 15.2 x 15.2 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Charring Cross, London
watercolour, laid down on board
signed lower right
10.5 x 7.25 ins ( 26.7 x 18.4 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
European Street Scene
oil on board
signed lower left
12 x 9.25 ins ( 30.5 x 23.5 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Early Morning in the Selkirks
watercolour
signed lower left
14 x 20 ins ( 35.6 x 50.8 cms ) ( sight )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Mt. Sir Donald and the Illecillewaet River (near Glacier B.C.)
watercolour
signed lower left; titled on framing paper on the reverse
20.5 x 13.75 ins ( 52.1 x 34.9 cms ) ( sight )
F.M. Bell-Smith Biography
(1846 - 1923) OSA RCA
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (1846-1923) was born in London, England and died in Toronto, Ontario. His earliest training was under his artist father. He attended the South Kensington School of Art under Alexander Hamilton until his family emigrated to Montreal, Quebec in 1867. Later, he studied in Paris at the Academie Colarossi under Joseph-Paul Blanc, Gustave Courtois, and Edmond-Louis Dupain. The artist arrived in London, Ontario in 1881 where he was appointed Art Director of Alma College (St.Thomas) and, the following year, Drawing Master at Central Public School. In 1888 he moved to Toronto where he was named principal of the western branch of the Toronto Art School. He continued to serve at Alma College until 1901. Bell-Smith was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Artists, the Ontario Society of Artists, and the Western Art League. He was elected an Academician in the Royal Canadian Academy and played important roles in many local and national artistic associations. His work was very popular in his lifetime: he painted portrait, genre, and landscape subjects in both oil and watercolour in the impressionistic, picturesque, and sublime styles of the last century. Bell-Smith also won many international honors in his career.
