Statira Elizabeth Frame

Statira Elizabeth Frame
Born
Statira Elizabeth Wells

(1858-09-15)September 15, 1858
Granby, Canada East
DiedNovember 29, 1935(1935-11-29) (aged 77)
Vancouver, Canada
Known forPainter
MovementModernism
SpouseWilliam Frame

Statira Elizabeth Frame (15 September 1858 – 29 November 1935) was a Canadian painter, known for her innovative use of color.[1]

Biography

Statira Elizabeth Wells was born in 1858 in Granby, Canada East.[1] She moved to Vancouver after her marriage to William Frame, a bookkeeper for the Hastings Saw Mill Store in Vancouver.[1]

Frame attended some art classes at Vancouver Night School. In 1909 she began to exhibit her work with the Studio Club.[1] Frame was an acquaintance of Emily Carr and was introduce to Post-impressionistic concepts by Carr in 1912.[2]

In 1918 Frame submitted some canvases to the American Ashcan School's Robert Henri for review. She received encouraging feedback from Henri, particularly regarding her use of color.[1] Shortly thereafter Frame traveled to California for several months to study with the American Impressionist Armin Hansen.[1]

In the 1920s Frame exhibited her work at the British Columbia Society of Fine Arts and the Vancouver Sketch Club.[1] Frame became a prominent figure in the Vancouver art scene,[3] particularly at the newly formed Palette and Chisel Club. She continued to exhibit in the Vancouver area in the 1930s.[1]

Frame died in 1935 in Vancouver.[2]

A posthumous exhibition of her work was held at Vancouver Art Gallery in April 1936.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Monks, Christian. "WELLS, STATIRA ELIZABETH (Frame)". Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Frame, Statira Elizabeth". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ^ Tippett, Maria (2015). Made in British Columbia: Eight Ways of Making Culture. Harbour Publishing. ISBN 978-1550177305. Retrieved 22 November 2017.