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Natalia Mela

Natalia Mela (Born 1930) is active/lives in Greece.  

Natalia Mela-Constantinidi was born in 1923 in Athens.  She studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts.  In 1946 Mela received the first prize for nude sculpture.  Mela has held six monographic exhibitions and has participated in group exhibitions in Europe and the US.

During her career she received commissions to make memorial portraits of Greek personalities such as Stephanos Dragoumis at Zappeion, George Pesmazoglou at the National Bank, and Pavlos Melas at Kefalari Square.  Upon being asked about the themes in her work, Mela said "my themes are all the things I love in life".  She went on to explain that her themes usually stem from Greek mythology and religion.  She is also concerned that her sculpture evokes values that she feels are connected to Greek culture, such as 'heroismos' (heroism),'sthenmos' (strength), 'leventia' (courage), and 'romiosyni' (Greekness). 

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