Mela Muter (1876 - 1967)

Mela Muter

Mela Muter, real name Maria Melania Mutermilch, was a Polish-born Jewish artist who spent most of her life in France.

At the age of 25, in 1901, she moved to Paris with her husband and became known as a modernist painter. Her work was influenced by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh. Muter painted mainly portraits, landscapes and still lifes.