Wim Blom

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Wim Blom

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Wim was born in Germiston, South Africa on the 22nd of February 1927.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. For a number of years he lived in Italy and Spain. Wim Blom was a devoted traveller and an inveterate reader in several languages. Wim Blom’s work is represented in public collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada, the South African National Gallery 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.
In 1957 Wim was awarded the Dante Alighieri gold medal by the Fine Arts Society of Florence

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Wim was born in Germiston, South Africa on the 22nd of February 1927.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. For a number of years he lived in Italy and Spain. Wim Blom was a devoted traveller and an inveterate reader in several languages. Wim Blom’s work is represented in public collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada, the South African National Gallery 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.

In 1957 Wim was awarded the Dante Alighieri gold medal by the Fine Arts Society of Florence.