Statira Elizabeth Frame

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

Statira Elizabeth Frame
Born	Statira Elizabeth Wells (1858-09-15)September 15, 1858 Granby, Canada East
Died	November 29, 1935(1935-11-29) (aged 77) Vancouver, Canada
Known for	Painter
Movement	Modernism
Spouse	William Frame

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] Some of her work is held at the BC Archives.^[4]