Natalie Johanna Mei (10 January 1900 – 29 July 1975) was an

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n painter and graphic artist. Born on the Estonian island of

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, Natalie Mei was one of three daughters of a ship's captain. All three sisters would become artists, with Natalie and older sister

Lydia Mei Lydia Mei (2 July 1896 – 14 September 1965) was an Estonian artist who specialized in watercolors. Born on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, Lydia Mei was the middle child of the three daughters of a ship's captain. All three sisters would bec ...

achieving public prominence during the ''

Neue Sachlichkeit The New Objectivity (in german: Neue Sachlichkeit) was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism. The term was coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, the director of the ''Kunsthalle'' in Mannheim, who ...

'' (New Objectivity) period of Estonian art of the 1920s. Mei also worked as a costume designer and taught at the Tallinn Art Institute. Mei is buried at the

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References

Pihlak, Elvi: ''Lydia Mei - Natüürmortide ja lillemaalide meister'' in: ''Kunst'' Vol. 1962,1 pgs 16–20. Tallinn. 1900 births 1975 deaths Estonian women painters 20th-century Estonian painters Costume designers Burials at Rahumäe Cemetery People from Hiiumaa Parish 20th-century Estonian women artists Estonian women illustrators Estonian graphic artists {{Estonia-painter-stub