at the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution. Personal life Miles was briefly married to Johannes Schiefer, a French painter. Her daughter is the actress Joanna Miles. Awards and honors Miles received grants from Yaddo and the McDowell Colony. In 1968 she received an award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1970 and 1973 she received Mark Rothko awards. She was honored with George Washington University's Alumni Achievement Award in 1987. References External links Jeanne Patterson Miles papers at the Archives of American Art Jeanne Miles at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 1908 births 1990 deaths American women painters American women sculptors 20th-century American painters 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American women artists Artists from Baltimore Painters from Maryland Painters from Washington, D.C. George Washington University alumni Sculptors from Maryland