Theo Meier

Private Collection, Europe

This work is in good overall condition as viewed. There is evidence of very light wear along the edges of the work due to abrasions with the frame, but this does not affect the overall image as the paint layers are healthy overall. Examination under ultraviolet light reveals no sign of restoration as viewed. Framed.
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Painted during Theo Meier’s first few years in Bali, Drei Balinesinnen bears interesting vestiges from his time in Tahiti. His style of depicting young women would later evolve in Bali, an island which truly inspired him.

“When I arrived in Tahiti, I was very disappointed that the culture I had dreamed about no longer existed there, but I did observe the components that Gaugin had used to build up his beautiful paintings. He showed me tropical Nature, and this influenced me so enormously that I began looking for a place where perhaps more culture had survived, but in the same natural setting. That place was Bali. There I was shaped, and became what I am today.” - Theo Meier^[i]

^[i] The Artist's statement as cited in Klaus Wenk, Theo Meier, Bilder Aus Den Tropen - Pictures From The Tropics, Verlag Stocker- Schmidt Ag Dietikon-Zurich, Hamburg, 1980, p.30