Chapter 3aCOMMERCE OF ARTBasel, Switzerland, 1908 to 1930 Basel in Switzerland where Theo Meier was born is a long way from Tahiti and even farther from Bali, to say the least. How did a native son, a young man, who
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Chapter 2Opportunity Knocking I didn’t have to wait a few weeks. The next morning when I was sitting in the garden by the river, a servant came to tell me someone had come to see me. At the time, I
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Chapter 2FORGOTTEN IN CHIANG MAIBangkok, Spring 1966 In spring 1966, having been caught by the spell of tropical Asia, and not wanting to leave, I was offered a job in Bangkok by Roy Howard, the Sales Director of Thai Airways
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THE ABANDONED WIFEBali, Indonesia, 1959 It was by mere chance that I saw Theo Meier’s wife, especially under the circumstances in which it occurred. It was on the island of Bali in August 1959. I had no intention whatsoever of
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A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR We know well the story. An artist struggles a lifetime, earning perhaps only a crust of bread, forever on the brink of starvation, but never giving up. Then one day, long after he has gone
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