Wim Blom
This site: wimblom.ca and it’s contents are a legacy and in memory of Willem Adriaan Blom (Wim Blom). Wim passed peacefully on the 18th of January 2021 at the age of 93. 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. In Duvah Park, Witbank, South Africa, a street was named in honor of Wim. (Wim Blom straat) 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. *Read the wonderful letter we received from the CEO of the 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 We would like to thank the wonderful Doctors and all the Staff at The Lady Minto Hospital on Salt Spring Island for their support, care and attention. Our Wim will be missed terribly. Durk and Michelle H. Hoekstra, Victoria, BC Canada The Grappow children Kirsten, Jobst, Okkert, Durten, Wiebke, Metta and Frauke. South Africa
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No farewell words were spoken Our hearts still ache with sadness And secret tears will flow What it means to loose you No one will ever know Since you will never be forgotten We pledge to you today A hallowed place within our hearts Foryou to say
THE BEAUTY OF STILLNESS
Wim Blom
This site: wimblom.ca and it’s contents are a legacy and in memory of Willem Adriaan Blom (Wim Blom). Wim passed peacefully on the 18th of January 2021 at the age of 93. 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. In Duvah Park, Witbank, South Africa, a street was named in honor of Wim. (Wim Blom straat) 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. *Read the wonderful letter we received from the CEO of the National Gallery of Canada. PUBLICATIONS: Author of a variety of exhibition catalogues, articles and historical studies in painting. 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 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Prima mostra di artisti stranieri residenti in Firenze, Florence, Italy Prima mostra internacionale di pittura, Vallombrosa, Italy Canadian Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Six Canadian Painters, Picture Loan Gallery, Toronto Art 4’73, International Art Fair, Basel Summer exhibition, Galerie Schulze-Theiler, Münster Art 5’74, International Art Fair, Basel The Perth Prize for Drawing International, Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth 1982 Certámen Internacional de Pintura, Mahón, Menorca Albemarle Gallery, London, UK Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto Vortex Gallery, Salt Spring Island Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver We would like to thank the wonderful Doctors and all the Staff at The Lady Minto Hospital on Salt Spring Island for their support, care and attention. Our Wim will be missed terribly. Durk and Michelle H. Hoekstra, Victoria, BC Canada The Grappow children Kirsten, Jobst, Okkert, Durten, Wiebke, Metta and Frauke in South Africa
No farewell words were spoken Our hearts still ache with sadness And secret tears will flow What it means to loose you No one will ever know Since you will never be forgotten We pledge to you today A hallowed place within our hearts Foryou to say