SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES MARGARET MEE COLLECTION

 


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© Margaret Mee takes a last look at the Rio Negro, Brasil 1988.It was not quite her last look although her sketching of the Moonflower was complete and it was time to prepare for the homeward journey. Margaret was almost 79 years old and while on the one hand she was was beginning to think about her next journey on the other she seemed to have a premonition that she would not return. Margaret Mee died in a car accident in England late in 1988
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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