Background
Mein was born in Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland.
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Career
He lived in London from around the turn of the century. His painting On the Tweed Near Berwick was exhibited by the Royal Scottish Academy in 1898 but he is known primarily for his illustrations. His drawings were published in The Dome periodical, with contemporary artists Laurence Housman and Frank Mura.
He was engaged by publisher Andrew Melrose to illustrate West. East. Cule"s fairy tale Mabel"s Prince Wonderful (1899) - his first major book illustration commission.
Around the same time, the Decadent publisher Leonard Smithers commissioned him to illustrate Nigel Tourneur"s Hidden Witchery. married Frances Elizabeth Sinclair in December 1902, in Berwick, and they settled in Fulham, London. In the 1911 Census he was living at 18 Rostrevor Mans Road
Fulham and his occupation is listed as artist and Art Chronicle editors He is known in particular for illustrating works of fairy tale and fantasy and also specialised in boys" stories.
He provided woodcut illustrations for the hugely popular book The Roadmender by Michael Fairless (1903), which went through many editions.
He died in London, 1939.
