Alice Squire RI (1840–1936) was born in Westminster, London, one of seven sisters—most of whom remained unmarried and lived together at 28 Tavistock Road, Westbourne Gardens. An older sister, Emma (1836–1932) was also an artist. Working at a time when women could not gain the same recognition as men, Alice nevertheless exhibited widely, at Dudley Gallery Art Society, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Society of Women Artists, Arthur Tooth and Sons, and the Walker Art Gallery.
Squire's preferred subjects were flowering gardens, cottages and female figures, painted in a style reminiscent of her celebrated contemporary Helen Allingham (1848–1926).
The majority of Squire's work appears to be owned privately but there is an example in the collection of The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London.
