Elizabeth Strong

Elizabeth Strong (1855–1941) was an American artist, known for landscape, animal and figure paintings. She was nicknamed, "the Rosa Bonheur of America". She and her older brother Joseph Dwight Strong Jr. attended California School of Design (now known as San Francisco Art Institute) in the early years of the school, studying with Virgil Macey Williams.

After graduating in 1878, Strong traveled to Monterey, California and met Jules Tavernier, who offered her art studio space. In 1883, she showed her first work at the Paris Salon. In 1896, she returned to California, living in both San Francisco and the East Bay.

Her work is included in various public museum collections, including Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Crocker Art Museum,

Death

Strong died in Carmel-by-the-Sea, on October 30, 1941.