Maria Regnier

American, born Hungary, 1901–1994

Birth placeBudapest, Hungary

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Regnier, Maria (b. 1901) (Silversmith)
Born in Budapest, Ms. Regnier moved to St. Louis in 1921. After graduating from Washington University with a degree in art education, she took summer classes at the Rhode Island School of Design at Providence and the Dixon School at New York to learn silversmithing. Ms. Regnier moved to Savannah, GA, to open a shop for her craft. Actor Gregory Peck suggested she move to Palm Springs and she took his suggestion. However, on her way back to Georgia to collect her belongings, Ms. Regnier stopped to visit a friend and they ended up marrying. Today, Ms. Regnier is one of only five females in the world that have distinguished themselves as silversmiths. Only two are living. She worked her last piece of silver in 1974 and has lived in Camden for thirty years. -Arkansas Gazette, October 29, 1990

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