Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith
(1846 - 1923) OSA RCA
Previously Sold Works
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
European Street Scene
watercolour
signed lower right
14.25 x 11.25 ins ( 36.2 x 28.6 cms ) ( sheet )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Mount Victoria, Lake Louise
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1910 lower left
9.5 x 12 ins ( 24.1 x 30.5 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
New Piccadilly Circus
watercolour
signed lower left; titled on a label attached the reverse of the framing
10.25 x 7 ins ( 26 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,800.00 - $2,200.00
Price Realized $1,600.00
Sale date: March 20th 2019
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Trafalgar Square
watercolour
signed lower left
10.75 x 7 ins ( 27.3 x 17.8 cms ) ( sight )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Fisherman in a Landscape
watercolour, laid down on card
signed lower left; unframed
25 x 36 ins ( 63.5 x 91.4 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Limehouse Hole
watercolour
signed lower right; titled lower left; inscribed “ Foggy Day on the Thames” top right
7 x 9.75 ins ( 17.8 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Becalmed (Moonlight)
watercolour, mounted to card
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
7.5 x 10 ins ( 19.1 x 25.4 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Three Pastoral Landscapes
three watercolours
each signed lower right; all unframed
6.25 x 9.25 ins ( 15.9 x 23.5 cms ) ( (largest piece) )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
In the White Mountains, New England
oil on board
signed and titled on the reverse; unframed
5.25 x 8.5 ins ( 13.3 x 21.6 cms ) ( board )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Mountain Peak
watercolour
unsigned; unframed
6.75 x 10 ins ( 17.1 x 25.4 cms ) ( sheet )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
The Manoir Richelieu
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed (incised) lower right; titled on the reverse; unframed
4 x 5.75 ins ( 10.2 x 14.6 cms ) ( board )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Sailboat on a River
watercolour
unsigned (trimmed); unframed
6 x 9.75 ins ( 15.2 x 24.8 cms ) ( sheet )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Rocky Shoreline
watercolour, laid down on card
unsigned; unframed
4.75 x 11.25 ins ( 12.1 x 28.6 cms ) ( sheet )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Village Scene
watercolour on board
unsigned; unframed
7.25 x 10.5 ins ( 18.4 x 26.7 cms ) ( board )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Boats by the Shore
oil on board
signed lower left; unframed
6.25 x 9.25 ins ( 15.9 x 23.5 cms ) ( board )
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.
