Artist

Maria Judson Strean

born Washington, PA 1865-died Pittsburgh, PA 1949
Also known as
  • Maria J. Strean
Born
Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Maria Judson Strean was regarded as one of the foremost women miniaturists and watercolor painters of her time. A student at the Art Students League under Kenyon Cox and J. Alden Weir, she later traveled to Paris, where she learned from French academic painters. She was an active member of the New York Watercolor Club, the American Society of Miniature Painters, and the National Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.