Lembit Saarts was an Estonian artist. From 1942 to 1948 he studied at the Pallas Art School, which was later renamed the Tartu State Art Institute. He was a member of the Tartu Circle, and, like most other members, he was arrested in 1949 and sent to a prison camp in Jezkazgan in Kazakhstan. He was released in 1956. He then returned to Tartu, worked there as a drawing teacher, and became a member of the Estonian Artists' Union. From 1966 to 1984, he also worked as an artist at the Experimental Repair Factory in Tartu.
