Robert Frame,Scottish c.1922-1989 -Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1975;oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right 'R. Frame 1975', 76 x 127 cm (ARR)Provenance: Bonhams, 2nd February 1999, lot 335; the Estate of the Artist Benjamin Creme (1922-2016)Note: Scottish artist Robert Frame studied in Jankel Adler’s studio in Glasgow together with his friends Robert Colquhoun, Robert MacBryde and Benjamin Creme. Another friend was W.S. Graham, and in 1942, Frame and Creme each produced drawings for Graham’s first book ‘Cage Without Grievance’ published by David Archer’s Parton Press. Frame moved to London in the mid-1940s with Colquhoun and MacBryde. In London, he was part of the circle around John Minton, becoming close to Minton for a time and was friendly with Prunella Clough. In the early 1950s, Frame exhibited with the St. George’s Gallery in London, and also became involved with theatre. In the 1960s, Frame produced illustrations for several books for Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Wild Hawthorn Press. The British Museum acquired a collection of Frame’s drawings and monotypes by the artist in the 1980s.