Chapter 4bThe Awakening Theo kept his world hidden to himself. It was fantasy he kept stored away in the back of his mind. It probably would have remained there, forever, un-nurtured and perhaps even to be forgotten, hadn’t it been
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Chapter 4aBREAKING AWAY As I mentioned, Theo had returned to Basel without a mark, without a franc in his pocket. He had spent the last of his money for his train fare back from Germany. Very disillusioned and uncertain which
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Chapter 3bAdventurous Feeling Theo arrived at the port of Paimpol, thrilled beyond expectation, and he couldn’t believe what opened up before him. The sea! A pulsating waterfront! The lighting was poor and the sky overcast but what did that matter!
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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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