Maria Judson Strean (1865 in

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– 1949 in

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) was an American portraitist, recognized primarily for her artistic work as a miniaturist.

Biography

Strean studied at the

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with

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and

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. She also studied in Paris, where her teachers included

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and

André Dauchez André Eugène Dauchez (17 May 1870 – 15 May 1948), born in Paris, was a French painter, watercolourist, pastellist, engraver, draughtsman and illustrator known for landscapes, waterscapes and seascapes. Biography Born in a family of l ...

. 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; she was also a member of the American Society of Miniature Painters, the Philadelphia Society of Miniature Painters, and the

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. She won a number of awards, including a medal at the

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of 1901. Noted as well for her watercolors, she died in the East Liberty neighborhood of

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, and was interred in the Washington Cemetery. A miniature by Strean, titled ''Coral'', is owned by the

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, and a portrait by her of Helen Turner is in the collection of the National Academy of Design. She is also represented in the collections of the

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, the

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, and the

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1865 births 1949 deaths People from Washington, Pennsylvania Painters from Pennsylvania 19th-century American painters 20th-century American painters Art Students League of New York alumni American portrait miniaturists American watercolorists American women watercolorists 20th-century American women painters 19th-century American women painters {{US-painter-1860s-stub