Maria Judson Strean
Maria Judson Strean (1865 in Washington, PA – 1949 in Pittsburgh) was an American portraitist, recognized primarily for her artistic work as a miniaturist.
Biography[]
Strean studied at the Art Students League of New York with Kenyon Cox and J. Alden Weir. She also studied in Paris, where her teachers included René-Xavier Prinet and André Dauchez.[1] She served as recording secretary of the and secretary of the Artists of Carnegie Hall, in which building she had an apartment and studio space for many years;[2] she was also a member of the American Society of Miniature Painters, the Philadelphia Society of Miniature Painters, and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.
She won a number of awards, including a medal at the Pan-American Exposition of 1901.[1] Noted as well for her watercolors, she died in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was interred in the Washington Cemetery.[3]
A miniature by Strean, titled Coral, is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[2] and a portrait by her of Helen Turner is in the collection of the National Academy of Design.[1] She is also represented in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum,[4] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[5] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c David Bernard Dearinger; National Academy of Design (U.S.) (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. Hudson Hills. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.
- ^ a b Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Carrie Rebora Barratt; Lori Zabar (1 January 2010). American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-1-58839-357-9.
- ^ "Maria Judson Strean – Smithsonian American Art Museum". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum: American Art: Child at Play". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Child by Maria Judson Strean / American Art". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
External links[]
Media related to Maria Judson Strean at Wikimedia Commons
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