Roland Wilhelm Vermehren Stevenson (August 15h, 1932) is a Chilean researcher, explorer and artist who now lives in Manaus, Brazil. His father was German and his mother American. He grew up among the cold mountains of the Andes

Andes

The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...

, showing an artist and adventurous spirit since his childhood. In 1964 came with his family to Brazil, where has been living ever since.

Roland Stevenson publisheed books and have created many wonderful paintings, always showing the beauty of the Amazon Rainforest and its natives.

He spent many years of his life studying the mysteries of the Eldorado

El Dorado

El Dorado is the name of a Muisca tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and, as an initiation rite, dived into a highland lake.Later it became the name of a legendary "Lost City of Gold" that has fascinated – and so far eluded – explorers since the days of the Spanish Conquistadors...

 (finding the location of the extincted lake Parime as shown at the book "A Light on Amazonian Misteries") and the origin of the primitive men of the Americas

Americas

The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

, presenting a new theory linking all natives in South and North America to the primitive Asian indigenous (at the book "Rethinking Our Pre History").
Also a descendant of Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer

Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime...

, whose his last name "Vermehren" came from.

Self Portrait

Awards

Internationals

• "Vitória Alada" - Milan, Italy, 1993

• "Gabriela Mistral", Chile, 1993

• "Gold Book Award" (1st) Associacion North American Directory Publishers (Anadap)

Brazilian Awards

• "Brasil Trophy" Award Manaus/AM, Brazil,1996

• SUFRAMA Award of Art (1st) Manaus/AM, Brazil, 1989

• SUFRAMA Award of History (Etno Artistic View) Manaus/AM, Brazil, 1989

• "Baiacu de Ouro" Award Manaus/AM, Brazil, 1988

• Golden Medal at the "III Salão Curupira Associação Amazonense de Artistas Plásticos" Manaus/AM, Brazil, 1988

• SUFRAMA Award of Art(1st) Manaus, 1984

• Artist of The Year at the "Sindicato dos Jornalistas do Amazonas" Manaus/AM, Brazil, 1980

• Golden Medal and Trophy of Best Work Collection at the "I Salão Aberto "Luis Naranjo Cuadra" Manaus/AM, Brazil, 1979

• National Trophy Lions Club(1st) Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil, 1977

'References

• http://www.portal.netium.com.br/parime/Parime_English.htm (English)
• http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Stevenson (Brazilian Portuguese)
• http://www.arqueologiamericana.com.br/artigos/artigo_01.htm (Brazilian Portuguese)
• http://amazonasinsampa.blogspot.com/2007/08/o-pintor-do-el-dorado.html (Brazilian Portuguese)
• http://www.africanias.com/ (Spanish)
• http://www.yurileveratto.com/articolo.php?Id=34 (Spanish)