Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith
(1846 - 1923) OSA RCA
Previously Sold Works
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Mount Aberdeen in the Clouds
watercolour
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
19.5 x 13 ins ( 49.5 x 33 cms ) ( sheet )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Fraser River, B.C.
watercolour laid on card
signed lower left; titled lower left; inscribed “On the Fraser River” on the reverse of the card
9.25 x 13 ins ( 23.5 x 33 cms ) ( sight )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
The Personal History of David Copperfield, Dickens
oil on board
signed lower left; partial title and dated 1916 on reverse
7.5 x 5.25 ins ( 19.1 x 13.3 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
St. Paul’s from the Thames
oil on board
signed lower right
6 x 9 ins ( 15.2 x 22.9 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Harbour Under Fog
oil on board
signed lower left; four unfinished harbour sketches present on the reverse
5.75 x 8.75 ins ( 14.6 x 22.2 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
A Rainy Day Near Saint Paul’s
watercolour
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
14.25 x 10 ins ( 36.2 x 25.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,300.00
Sale date: March 1st 2022
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Westminster Bridge, London
watercolour
signed and dated 1920 lower right
12.75 x 17.75 ins ( 32.4 x 45.1 cms ) ( sight )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Western Landscape
watercolour
signed lower right
6.5 x 10 ins ( 16.5 x 25.4 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Village Malbaie, Quebec
watercolour
signed lower right; titled on the backing of the reverse
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms ) ( sheet )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Rocky Mountain Stream
watercolour
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
14 x 10 ins ( 35.6 x 25.4 cms ) ( sight )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Mountain Landscape
oil on divided board
signed lower right
8 x 3.25 ins ( 20.3 x 8.3 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
The Chancellor, Canadian Rockies
watercolour
signed lower left; titled lower right
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Waterloo Place, Guard’s Monument, London
watercolour on paper, laid on card
signed lower left; titled on a label on the reverse
7 x 4 ins ( 17.8 x 10.2 cms ) ( sight )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Near Piccadilly Circus
watercolour
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
10 x 7 ins ( 25.4 x 17.8 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.
