Background
Massie, Anne Adams Robertson was born on May 30, 1931 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Douglas Alexander and Annie Scott (Harris) Robertson.
Massie, Anne Adams Robertson was born on May 30, 1931 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Douglas Alexander and Annie Scott (Harris) Robertson.
Graduate, St. Mary's College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1950; Bachelor in English, Randolph Macon Woman's College, 1952.
Teacher English, E.C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, 1955-1960. Juror American Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, 1998, Control Virginia Watercolor Guild, 1996.
Board directors Lynchburg History Foundation, 1968-1981, 91-95, president, 1978-1981. Board directors Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, 1992-1998, Point of Honor Museum, 1988-1999, collections committee, since 1970, chairman 1989-1999. Board directors Amazement Square Children's Museum, 1996-2004.
Trustee Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, 1983-1989, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 1999-2005. Member Friends of Rivermont, 2000-2005, president 2000-2002. Member American Watercolor Society (signature, Dolphin fellow 1993, Gold medal of Honor 1993), National Watercolor Society (signature, Artist's Magazine award), National League American Pen Women (president 1987, Best in Show 1994), Knickerbocker Artists (signature, Silver medal Watercolor 1993), Watercolor United States of America Honor Society, Watercolor West (signature), Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club (signature, medal of honor for water media, 2003), Allied Artists American, Inc.
(signature), Southern Watercolor Society (signature), Virginia Watercolor Society (artist member, Best in Show 1992, 97, chairman exhibitions 1986, president 1995-1996), National Arts Club (exhibiting artist member), Artists' Fellowship, Colonial Dames American (chairman 1987-1990), Hillside Garden Club (president 1974-1976), Junior League (editor 1953-1972), Lynchburg Art Club (board directors 1995-1996, chairman 1981-1984), R.M.W.C. Maier Museum Art (advisory board since 2004), Antiquarian Club, Audubon Artists (Signature Gold medal 2006).
Married William McKinnon Massie, April 30, 1960. Children: Anne Harris Massie, William McKinnon, Junior.