Collection of some of the many paintings from the 40’s - 50’s - 60’s - 70’s when
Wim was painting in South Africa and Europe.
for inquiries on paintings or drawings from the Estate please email
Wim Blom
Wim Blom
was born in Germiston, South Africa on the 22nd of February 1927. († 18 January 2021)
Wim received his Fine Arts MA degrees from the University of Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, and did post-graduate work at the University of Edinburg, Scotland, and
at the University of Perugia, Italy.
Wim Blom taught at the University of the Witwatersrand and at the Johannesburg
School of Art. Trained as an art historian he held the post of Research Curator at the
National Gallery of Canada and subsequently that of Curatorial Administrator. After
leaving the museum world Wim Blom dedicated himself exclusively to painting and for a
number of years, he lived in Italy and Spain.
Wim was a devoted traveller and an inveterate reader in several languages.
His work is represented in public collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada, the
South African National Gallery, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ireland and in numerous
corporate and private collections in Canada, France, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, Italy,
Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the
U.S.A. Wim Blom has exhibited internationally.
Wim Bloms timeless paintings and drawings resonate with people, so much so that
when they purchase one, they tend to want to keep it; they enjoy having it around and
never tire of its image. Very few of his pieces come up for auction.
In 1957 Wim was awarded the Dante Alighieri gold
medal by the Fine Arts Society of Florence
To view more of his paintings upto 2019 visit: www.wimblom.ca
Wim Blom in the 60’s
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
1957 Prima mostra di artisti stranieri residenti in
Firenze, Florence, Italy
Prima mostra internacionale di pittura, Vallombrosa,
Italy
1966 Canadian Prints, Drawings and Watercolours,
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1969 Six Canadian Painters, Picture Loan Gallery,
Toronto
1973 Art 4’73, International Art Fair, Basel
Summer exhibition, Galerie Schulze-Theiler, Münster
1974 Art 5’74, International Art Fair, Basel
1975 The Perth Prize for Drawing International,
Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth
1982 Certámen Internacional de Pintura, Mahón,
Menorca
1988 Albemarle Gallery, London, UK
1990,1993 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto
1998,2000,2002 Vortex Gallery, Salt Spring Island
2004 Mitchell Gallery, Salt Spring Island
2007,2010,2013,2016 Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver,BC,
Canada
WIM BLOM CV
Wim Blom has exhibited internationally. His work is
represented in public collections, such as the National
Gallery of Canada and the South African National Gallery, in
numerous corporate collections and in private collections in
Canada, France, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan,
The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain,
Switzerland and the U.S.A.
EDUCATION:
B.A. Hons., M.A., University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa; University of Edinburgh, United
Kingdom; University of Perugia, Italy; Studied painting,
Florence, Italy; Studied graphic techniques, Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology, Calgary, Canada; Studied lithography,
Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
APPOINTMENTS:
Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Instructor, Johannesburg Art
School, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; Research
curator, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and Editor of the
Bulletin of the National Gallery of Canada; Curatorial
Administrator, National Gallery of Canada.
PUBLICATIONS:
Author of a variety of exhibition catalogues, articles and
historical studies in painting. Founding Editor of the semi-
annual Bulletin - a scholarly publication produced between
1963 and 1985. Sybille Pantazi, a librarian at the Art Gallery
of Toronto, went as far as to describe the Bulletin as
“splendiferous” The first eight issues were edited by Wim.
AWARDS:
1957 Dante Alighieri Gold Medal, Fine
Arts Society of Florence, Italy
1979 Medalla de honor, XVII Salón de
Primavera, Atenéo de Mahón, Spain
1982 Primo Premio, Certámen Internacional
de Pintura, Mahón, Spain
1998 Fellowship, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation,
Republic of Ireland
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