Frances Avery was born in Kitchner, Ontario. This wonderfully articulated genre scene, rich with warm summer colors, somewhat folk in style, depicts gentility; a leisure way of life. This family and friends are playing together-lawn tennis, croquet, reading under a tree, evoking strong memories. 
Studied: Wickers School of Fine Arts, Detroit; Art Students League.

Member: NAWA;NSMP;N.Y. Soc. Women Painters; Nat. Soc. Mural Painters;ASL.

Exhibited: MOMA, 1938, 1941(prize);PAFA, 1935; World’s Fair, 1939; and many other very important exhibitions.

Work: WPA Projects, Lincoln Hospital, Fordham Hospital, NYPL, Sch. No.11,NYC.