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FRAME, Statira Elizabeth
- Born
- Granby, Quebec, 1870
- Died
- Vancouver, British Columbia, 1935
- Biography synopsis
- Statira Elizabeth Frame was a pioneering modernist, noted for the use of colour in her paintings. She was largely self-taught, but absorbed new ideas about post-impressionism from her friend, Emily Carr. Frame studied under Robert Henri in New York and with Armin Hansen in Monterey, California. After her studies in California, Frame began to introduce mauves, pinks and brighter colours to her largely subdued palette. Her work deals with everyday subjects that are infused with new life from her brushwork and bold colours. She exhibited her work throughout Canada, as well as the Seattle Art Museum. She showed one painting at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1926, and three paintings in 1934 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Spring Exhibition.
- Media used
- Painting
- Education
- New York School of Art (under Robert Henri)
- Private study (under Armin Hansen)
- Memberships
- British Columbia Society of Artists
- Pallette and Chisel Club
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- British Columbia Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Artists and their Doings: A Local Woman Artist." Western Women's Weekly 5 Jun. 1920
- "In the Domain of Art: A Weekly causerie of Interest to Art Lovers." Province (Vancouver) 18 Apr. 1936
- "Many Fine Studies in Art Exhibit." Province (Vancouver) 22 Sept. 1919: 6
- "Mrs. W. Frame, City Artist, Succumbs." Province (Vancouver) 29 Nov. 1935
- "Portraiture Feature of the Sketch Club Exhibit." Province (Vancouver) 5 Jun. 1920: 3
- "Sunshine in Paint." Art Gallery Bulletin 3 Apr. 1936
- "The Palette and Chisel Club Exhibition." Province (Vancouver) 18 Feb. 1928: 6
- "The Week's Review: Some features of the Spring Exhibition." Star (Montreal) 26 Apr. 1934: 90
- Chicoine, René. "Le Salon du Printemps." L'Ordre 28 Apr. 1934: 4
- Heffel Fine Art Auction House. "Statira E. Frame." Heffel Fine Art Auction House 27 May 1999: 77
- Johnson, Eileen. "A Burst of Sunlight from a Forgotten Attic." Vancouver Life (Jul. 1967): 19
- MacKenzie, Catherine. "The “Pioneer” Modernism of Statira Frame (1858-1935)" Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Conference, 30 September – 2 October 2021 2021
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvAfEV-_OXE - Pollack, Jill. "Little-known City Artist Ahead of Her Time." Vancouver Courier 10 Mar. 1993: 24
- Thom, William Wylie. The Fine Arts in Vancouver, 1886-1930: An Historical Survey Vancouver: University of British Colombia, M.A. thesis, 1969
- Tippett, Maria and Douglas Cole. From Desolation to Splendour: Changing Perceptions of the British Columbia Landscape Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company Ltd, 1977
- Vancouver Art Gallery. Catalogue of Paintings by the late Statira Frame. 1936
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, November 18, 1926) "Canada's Art Academy Exhibits." Winnipeg Free Press January 11, 1927. p.11. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 15, 1934) "Art Association Spring Show Opens. Private View Inaugurates Exhibition Containing Over Five Hundred Works." Gazette (Montreal) April 20, 1934. p.17. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 15, 1934) "Fifty-First Spring Exhibition of the Art Association." Montreal Star April 20, 1934. p.15. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 15, 1934) Reynald. "Le 51e salon de printemps. Morte-saison pour les nôtres." La Presse (Montreal) April 20, 1934. p.29. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 15, 1934) René Chicoine. "Le Salon du Printemps." L'Ordre (Montreal) April 28, 1934. p.4. Full-text pdf
