Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith
(1846 - 1923) OSA RCA
Previously Sold Works
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Street Scene in Winter
watercolour, laid down on board
unsigned; unframed
9.75 x 8.25 ins ( 24.8 x 21 cms ) ( board )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
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
The Lake Shore at Gimle - Manitoba
oil on board
signed lower right and titled on the reverse; unframed
6 x 9.25 ins ( 15.2 x 23.5 cms ) ( board )
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Opera Scene
oil on board
unsigned, unfinished opera sketch on reverse; unframed
4.75 x 8.5 ins ( 12.1 x 21.6 cms ) ( board )
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
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.
