 Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) and the writer and poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), both lived in Worpswede for parts of their life, as did Meckseper’s maternal great-grand-uncle, Heinrich Vogeler (1872- 1942).Vogeler was a diverse political artist and architect whose work is situated within the Jugendstil movement, a German offspring of Art Nouveau.Meckseper’s father is the widely known German artist (1936-2019).