Very little is known about Nathalie Kraemer, whose paintings have a distinct and powerful spiritual quality. A poet as well as a painter,  in 1927 Kraemer published two collections of poems, called Rising Voices, for which she was awarded a literary prize. But painting was her preferred medium, as she found its expressive power greater than that of poetry. Her works, which were saved and preserved by a collector named Graziani, seem to have been abundant during the years 1936-1938.

When the War broke out, Kraemer went into hiding and continued painting. She was arrested and deported to Auschwitz in 1943.