Maria Judson Strean

Maria Judson Strean (1865, Washington, PA – 1949, Pittsburgh) was an American portraitist, recognized primarily for her artistic work as a miniaturist.

A Rainy Day in Philadelphia

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 Art War Relief 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Maria Judson Strean – Smithsonian American Art Museum". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. "Brooklyn Museum: American Art: Child at Play". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  6. "Child by Maria Judson Strean / American Art". Retrieved 26 March 2016.

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