| Statira Elizabeth Frame | |
| Birth Name: | Statira Elizabeth Wells |
| Birth Date: | September 15, 1858 |
| Birth Place: | Granby, Canada East |
| Death Place: | Vancouver, Canada |
| Field: | Painter |
| Movement: | Modernism |
| Spouse: | William Frame |
Statira Elizabeth Frame (15 September 1858 - 29 November 1935) was a Canadian painter, known for her innovative use of color.[1]
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]