Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith
(1846 - 1923) OSA RCA
Previously Sold Works
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 )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
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 )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Palace of Westminster, London
watercolour
signed and dated 1892 lower right
13.75 x 21 ins ( 34.9 x 53.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
River Through the Mountains
watercolour
signed lower right
10.75 x 15.5 ins ( 27.3 x 39.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,070.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014
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 )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $2,124.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
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 )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,040.00
Sale date: October 25th 2022
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Early Morning in the Selkirks
watercolour
signed lower left
14 x 20 ins ( 35.6 x 50.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,888.00
Sale date: October 17th 2018
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 )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
By the River
oil on board
signed lower left
8.5 x 5.5 ins ( 21.6 x 14 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,770.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
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 )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
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 )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,652.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Mountain Landscape
oil on divided board
signed lower right
8 x 3.25 ins ( 20.3 x 8.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
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 )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: February 24th 2016
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 )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,380.00
Sale date: March 8th 2017
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Canterbury
watercolour on card
signed lower left
5 x 7 ins ( 12.7 x 17.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,416.00
Sale date: July 18th 2018
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.