A. Brockie Stevenson, Artist And Professor, 89, Washington Post

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A. Brockie Stevenson Artist, Professor

A. Brockie Stevenson, 89, an artist whose works are included in the
collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Corcoran Gallery,
died Sept. 1 [2009] at his home in Glen Echo. He had heart disease.

Mr. Stevenson, a painter in the American realism style, taught at the
Corcoran College of Art and Design for more than 30 years. He is best known
for his 1971 painting "Fourth of July," which is in the collection of the
Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Alfred Brockie Stevenson was born in Willow Grove, Pa. He served in the Army
during World War II as a war artist correspondent in England. After the war,
he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. From
1953 to 1960, he lived in Lima, Peru, studying and teaching at an arts
school.

Mr. Stevenson joined the faculty of the Corcoran College in 1965. He spent
many summers vacationing in Maine, where he found the inspiration for
"Fourth of July" through the many classic New England clapboard houses he
saw there. He retired from the Corcoran as a professor in 1998. In his spare
time he tended to his gardens.

His first marriage, to Patricia Elwood, ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 30 years, Jane MacKenzie Stevenson of Glen
Echo; and a sister, Frances Bowie of Solomons Island.

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T. Rees Shapiro