$195 · MARJORIE SMYLY (1889-1984) - CANADIAN ARTIST VINTAGE FRAMED WATERCOLOUR

Offered for sale this vintage framed watercolour portrait painting on paper, signed in the lower right hand corner by Canadian Artist Marjorie Smyly (1889-1984). The watercolour painting is in goo condition given its age. The is a small crease in the paper as shown in photographs. The frame measures approximately 17 inches in height x 13.5 inches in width. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Marjorie Smyly was born in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. Both of her parents were Australian. After arriving in BC she exhibited work in a number of the B.C. Artists annuals at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Entry forms indicated that she was living in North Vancouver, and had been in British Columbia since 1930. The brief entry in Who's Who in Northwest Art noted that she was living in West Vancouver at Nelson Avenue and 23rd Street in 1941. Her husband Frederick Hamilton Smyly died in Victoria on July 23, 1972, at the age of 78, according to B.C. Vital Statistics on-line. Smyly died in a care home in Victoria, occupation noted as artist.