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
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
