Natalie Johanna Mei (10 January 1900 – 29 July 1975) was an Estonian painter and graphic artist.

Born on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, 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 achieving public prominence during the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) period of Estonian art of the 1920s. Mei also worked as a costume designer and taught at the Tallinn Art Institute.

Natalie Mei

Mei is buried at the Rahumäe cemetery in Tallinn.

Natalie Mei

References

Pihlak, Elvi: Lydia Mei - Natüürmortide ja lillemaalide meister in: Kunst Vol. 1962,1 pgs 16–20. Tallinn.

Natalie Mei

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