ocr: from which alll kinds. of contributions are extracted by the arbitrary gendarme." A1 few months later the great painter was dead, unaware. (and probably uncaring) that his work would endure as a representation of all that is wondrous and beautiful and magical about the islands of the South Seas. MID-20TH, CENTURY Tahiti had become embedded in the human consciousness as a synonym for romance and remoteness, and writ- crs were: scouring thel language for Showing his colors, adjectives that would do thei islands justice. French Polynesia's "There it is!" James Michener wrote in President Gaston 1 ...
