School’s Out, 1885
58.4 cms x 96.5 cms (23 ins x 38 ins)
Signed and dated 1885 lower left
made in 1885
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)" held on Wed, Dec 6, 2023.
Lot 44313
Lot 44313
Estimate: CAD $15,000 - $20,000
Realised: CAD $66,000
Realised: CAD $66,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto, circa 1987
Private Collection, Italy
Masters Gallery, Calgary as "Winter Street", 1885
Private Collection, Vancouver
A.K. Prakash & Associates, Inc., Toronto as "The Return from School", 1885
Acquired by the present Private Collection, March 2019
Exhibitions:
"The Joint Annual Exhibition of the R.C.A. and the O.S.A.", Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Toronto, 14 May 1885, no. 316 as After a Snowstorm
"Our Children: Reflections of Childhood in Historical Canadian Art", Varley Art Gallery of Markham, 13 April‒23 June 2019 as "School's Out", 1885
Notes:
Born in London, England, his father was John Bell-Smith a portrait and miniature painter. He studied in London at the South Kensington Art Schools, and in Paris under Courtois, Dupain, and T.A. Harrison. He arrived in Montreal in 1867 and worked for a time as a photographer. Active in art circles he was associated with his father in the founding of the Society of Canadian Artists in 1867 along with W.L. Fraser, Otto R. Jacobi, Henry Sandham and A. Vogt. He lived mainly in Montreal until 1871 when he married Annie Myra Dyde and established residence at Hamilton (1871 and 1879-81). He was active in Southern Ontario as an art teacher in public schools at London, (1881-8); Art Director of Alma College, St. Thomas, Ontario, (1881-90) and Director at the Toronto Art School in 1889.
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto, circa 1987
Private Collection, Italy
Masters Gallery, Calgary as "Winter Street", 1885
Private Collection, Vancouver
A.K. Prakash & Associates, Inc., Toronto as "The Return from School", 1885
Acquired by the present Private Collection, March 2019
Exhibitions:
"The Joint Annual Exhibition of the R.C.A. and the O.S.A.", Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Toronto, 14 May 1885, no. 316 as After a Snowstorm
"Our Children: Reflections of Childhood in Historical Canadian Art", Varley Art Gallery of Markham, 13 April‒23 June 2019 as "School's Out", 1885
Notes:
Born in London, England, his father was John Bell-Smith a portrait and miniature painter. He studied in London at the South Kensington Art Schools, and in Paris under Courtois, Dupain, and T.A. Harrison. He arrived in Montreal in 1867 and worked for a time as a photographer. Active in art circles he was associated with his father in the founding of the Society of Canadian Artists in 1867 along with W.L. Fraser, Otto R. Jacobi, Henry Sandham and A. Vogt. He lived mainly in Montreal until 1871 when he married Annie Myra Dyde and established residence at Hamilton (1871 and 1879-81). He was active in Southern Ontario as an art teacher in public schools at London, (1881-8); Art Director of Alma College, St. Thomas, Ontario, (1881-90) and Director at the Toronto Art School in 1889.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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