Lydia Mei
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Lydia Mei (July 2, 1896 - 1965)[1] was an Estonian artist who specialized in watercolors and still lifes.
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 become artists, with Lydia and Natalie Mei achieving public prominence during the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) period of Estonian art of the 1920s.
Mei studied architecture at the Petrograd Women’s Polytechnic Institute until 1918. But she became famous as a watercolorist in late 1920’s. She later married sculptor Anton Starkopf and is occasionally credited with the name Lydia Mei-Starkopf.
[edit] References
- Pihlak, Elvi: "Lydia Mei - Natüürmortide ja lillemaalide meister" in: Kunst Vol. 1962,1 pgs 16-20. Tallinn.
[edit] External links
- Self Portrait (1931) retrieved May 3rd, 2007
- Mai Lewin : Neue Sachlichkeit in Estonian Art retrieved May 3rd, 2007
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