SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES MARGARET MEE COLLECTION

 


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© The late Roberto Burle Marx the internationally recognised landscape architect with Margaret Mee on the patio of his home, the Sitio Santo Antonio da Baca in Guaratiba about 45 kms west of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. February 1988. Roberto Burle Marx was born in Brasil August 1909 just two and half months after Margaret had been born in England. They did not meet until the 1950s when Margaret was settling in Brasil. They remained close friends until separated by Margaret's untimely death in 1988. Robert Burle Marx died in 1994 .
More....Margaret Mee 1909 - 1988 was an artist who painted many tropical flowers in Brazil and is best known for her travels in Amazon forests. For more pictures of Margaret Mee, the places where she lived, her friends and life from early days to a few hours before she died please get in touch with South American Pictures

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