Frank Baden-Powell

Lieutenant Francis Smyth Baden-Powell (29 July 1850 – 1933) was a British barrister, military officer and painter.

Frank Baden-Powell
Baden-Powell, back row, third from left, with his parents, siblings, and nephew
Born
Francis Smyth Baden-Powell

(1850-07-19)19 July 1850
Died1933 (age 83)
Parent
RelativesWarington, George, Robert, Baden, Agnes, Augustus, Baden Henry Powell (siblings), Annarella Warington (maternal grandmother), William Henry Smyth (maternal grandfather)

Early life and education

Frank Baden-Powell was born on 29 July 1850, the third son of the Rev. Prof Baden Powell and his third wife Henrietta Grace Smyth. His maternal grandparents were Annarella Warington and William Henry Smyth.[1] He had six full siblings — Warington, George, Robert, Baden, Agnes, and Augustus — and a half-brother, Baden, from his father's second marriage. His parents, maternal grandparents, and brother Robert were all artistic, though Baden-Powell was the only one to pursue art as a career.[1] After taking Honours at Balliol College, Oxford, Baden-Powell received a called to the Bar from the Inner Temple. He then joined the Army and was attached to the Camel Corps during the Sudan Campaign (1884-1885).[2]

Career

Baden-Powell's art appeared in exhibits around the UK, including the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Walker Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery and Glasgow Institute of Fine Art, as well as The Salon in Paris. He created a commemorative diploma for the Royal Naval Exhibition of 1891 in Chelsea.[3] In 1948, Walker Gallery held An Exhibition of Silhouette Portraits Life-size Heads by Frank Baden-Powell.[4]

Among the art of Baden-Powell's shown at Royal Academy exhibitions, including their Royal Academy catalogue number, are:[5]

  • 1880: Bodekessel, Harz (cat. 746), On Guard (cat. 889), Crust of the Earth (cat. 1077)
  • 1881: Bodethor, Hartz Mountains (cat. 693), Trafalgar refought (cat. 1412)
  • 1884: Regret (sculpture; cat. 1731)
  • 1888: Lieut. Baden-Powell and the Camel Corps, etc. (cat. 595)
  • 1894: The Wooden Walls of Queen Victoria (892)
  • 1896: The Admiral's Daughter outward bound (309), Betula-alba (1223)
  • 1902: Nelson's Foudroyant wrecked on the coast of Lancashire (740)

Other artwork includes a pencil and grey wash drawing called Millais at his last Varnishing Day;[6] oil on canvas A Quiet Backwater; Drummer Boys of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, signed and dated "War Fund 1900," watercolour highlighted with white; and the watercolour Circle of CM Powell, Shipping in a Squall, in a gilt frame.[7]

Frank was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Personal life

Baden-Powell married New Zealander Florence (Sidney) Watt on 28 May 1902 at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.[8][9] Their honeymoon was a round-the-world trip.[10] Their son Robert Harold "Bobby" was born on 11 November 1903. The family lived at 33-38 Palace Gate in Kensington between 1904 and 1911.[11] Florence died on 17 October 1914 in London.

Baden-Powell died in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey in 1933 aged 83.[9]

References
  1. Begbie, Edward Harold (1900). The Story of Baden-Powell: The Wolf That Never Sleeps. G. Richards. ISBN 3847208438.
  2. "Lieutenant Frank Baden-Powell, Scots Guards, Nile Expedition, 1885 | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London". nam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. "Royal Naval Exhibition of 1891 "Commemorative Diploma" - Info? Value?". Antique-Shop.com. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. Walker's Galleries (London, England) (1948). An Exhibition of Silhouette Portraits Life-size Heads by Frank Baden-Powell (1850–1933). Walker's Galleries. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. Graves, Algernon (1905). The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from Its Foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 1. H. Graves and Company, Ltd. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. "Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. "WELLINGTON DUNBAR SLOANE FINE ARTS AUCTION 21–23 JULY 2010 THE DOREEN BLUMHARDT COLLECTION" (PDF). 24 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  8. "Marriages". The Times. No. 36783. London. 2 June 1902. p. 1.
  9. "FreeBMD Home Page". freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  10. "Papers Past — Manawatu Standard — 22 January 1909 — PERSONAL". Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  11. "Palace Gate | British History Online". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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