May Néama
About
May Néama was an Antwerp artist. She was most known as a painter, illustrator, sculptor and graphic artist. She designed posters, decorations for the interior, illustrations for children’s book, stage sets and costumes, stamps, banknotes, advertising and packaging, playing cards. Néama was also member of the ‘Formes Nouvelles’ and won several prizes, including the “Prize Deauville” (1961), the “Biennial Prize of the Province of Antwerp” (1965), the Prize of the National Bank (1973) and the Golden Palm in Monaco (1974). She died on 25 November 2007 at the age of 90. Her ashes were scattered into nature in Antwerp, Belgium.
