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Alice Acheson

American

BiographyA painter and illustrator, Alice Acheson lived most of her life in Washington DC, from 1919 until her death in 1996. She was born in Charlevoix, Michigan to a family of artists. Her mother was painter Jane Stanley (1863-1940) and her grandfather was John Mix Stanley (1814-1872), explorer artist and prolific painter.

Alice Stanley Acheson took her undergraduate studies in Massachusetts at Wellesley College and then studied art at the Boston Museum School of Fine Art and in Washington DC at the Corcoran School of Art and the Phillips Gallery School. Teachers included Howard Smith and Richard Meryman.

In 1917, she married Dean Acheson, who became Secretary of State during the presidential administration of Harry Truman.

In Washington, she was a member of the Society of Washington Artists, the Washington Water Color Club. She also belonged to the National Association of Women Artists and the New York Society of Women Artists. Her paintings included floral watercolors and landscapes. Utilizing her interest in depicting regional landscape around Washington DC, she illustrated a book titled "New Roads in Old Virginia" by Agnes Rothery, 1937. The Achesons often spent their summers at their place, Harewood Farm, in Sandy Spring, Maryland.

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