Theo Meier-CH18
← Back – Chapter 18 – Next → THE ORDEAL OF WALTER SPIES Bali can capture the emotions and the hearts of anyone who visits the island, be it only for a few days. There was a saying that Theo learned on
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← Back – Chapter 18 – Next → THE ORDEAL OF WALTER SPIES Bali can capture the emotions and the hearts of anyone who visits the island, be it only for a few days. There was a saying that Theo learned on
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← Back – CH17 – Next → UNDER THE SPELL Ubud was an art colony and as such it did not appeal to Theo. He had always steered dear of groups. But he did have many friends there and went often to
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← Back – CH16 – Next → AN ARTIST IN PARADISE Theo knew no one on Bali when he arrived, and he had no letters of introduction; but a name he had heard before he arrived; and a man he wanted to
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← Back – CH15C – Next → YES, THERE IS A BALIBalinese Maiden One morning, after visiting Le Mayeur the night before, a tall young woman appeared at Theo’s house on the beach. She was very pretty, a young girl unconscious of
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← Back – CH15B – Next → YES, THERE IS A BALIGetting Used to It Two weeks after he settled in, a native approached him with a request to please paint mice on this white cloth-the cloth being intended for a small
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← Back – CH15A – Next → YES, THERE IS A BALIFinally Got There The Babi-Express cargo vessel that carried Theo from Singapore to the port of Singaraja on the north coast of Bali could not have arrived any sooner to suit
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← Back – CH14 – Next → RETURN TO THE TROPICS Back in Singapore Theo took up Hans Burckhardt’s invitation to stay at his spacious home, and in return he painted landscape murals for his host. He did enjoy his time there.
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← Back – CH13 – Next → HOME AGAIN IN SWITZERLAND Theo returned home to Basel with mixed emotions. He was pleased that he was able to repay his debt with the paintings he had promised. And he found, as he wrote
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← Back – CH12 – Next → STOPOVER IN SINGAPORE In Hong Kong, Theo booked a passage to Marseille on the Japanese steamship Hakezaki Maru with a three-day stopover in Singapore, two days in Ceylon and another two days in Cairo. He
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← Back – CH11B – Next → FOOT LOOSE IN CHINADespondent, War-Torn Country Side The Chinese countryside was a land of deprivation. Not a living plant or bush existed. Theo made notes in his journal: “The Chinese can boast of 5,000 years
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