Closed cupboard 2015
oil on canvas 56 x 56 cm
$14800
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.
Wim Blom “The Beauty of Stillness”
“Wim Blom’s work is precise, of a timeless quality. He adopts an intensely realistic approach to painting still lifes
and images of uninhabited interiors, exploring the intrigue of spaces.”
Realism in painting is a movement that is deeply divided in its outlook. It embraces many contradictory aspirations and has generated much controversy even in
its own ranks. For these reasons, Wim Blom, who painted in a style which must be called Realist, mistrusts fashion and the vagaries of critical taste. He has
succeeded in maintaining his independence from the principal trends that can at present be included under the heading of Realism.Wim Blom’s work is
conceived for private contemplation and makes it special appeal to those who wish to savour at close range the artist’s particular way with form, colour, texture
and light. If the size of his work invites intimate, meditative inspection, his subject matter - single objects, still life, interiors - extend an analogous invitation. In
this patient, selected and passionate search, the realism of his paintings is faithful to the object represented, but it transcends reality and is submerged beneath
poetic transformation.Wim Blom’s training as an art historian has made him acutely aware of history, it’s meaning and heritage. The methods of historical
research instilled in him have blended with the connoisseurship he acquired as the research curator at the National Gallery of Canada. This conjunction informs
his work as a painter. His paintings and drawings represent a quiet, unpublished vanguard of their own, so radically steeped in tradition as to be new and offers
a fresh artistic experience. In the context of contemporary art it is fascinating to see how Wim Blom’s exploration of the past produces results with an
emphatically modern flavour.
Willem Adriaan Blom (Wim Blom) was born in Germiston, South Africa on the 22nd of February 1927. ( †18th of January 2021)
Awards:
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1957 Dante Alighieri Gold Medal, Fine Arts Society of Florence, Italy
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1979 Medalla de honor, XVII Salón de Primavera, Atenéo de Mahón, Spain
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1982 Primo Premio, Certámen Internacional de Pintura, Mahón, Spain
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1998 Fellowship, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Republic of Ireland
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Enquire Man shouting 1968 oil on
canvas 6”x8” frame 11.5”x14.5”
Enquire Three Figures oil and brush on paper
1974- 15.5”x19.5” frame 20”x24” -Exhibited at the
Perth, Australia International, price for drawing.
Enquire Two Figures 1973 oil on paper
8”x10” frame: 20”x20”
Enquire Male figure seated
1971 10”x17” frame: 17”x24”
Enquire Turbulent Sea 1965 8”x11” frame:
18”x15.5”
AVAILABLE PAINTINGS
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Enquire Greek beauty 2006 6"x7" frame: 9"x11.5
Enquire Dutch receipt I for supplies
1855--2006 -10”x9” frame: 16”x18”
Enquire Dutch receipt II for supplies -
2006 -10”x9” frame: 16”x18”
Enquire Selfie 1977 pencil on paper 7.5 “x
4.75” frame11.5 ”x 9”
Enquire Segmented box with feather and tied
parcel pencil on paper-1987
Enquire Interior 2004 pencil on
paper 9” x 9” frame 17” x 21”
Enquire Table by an open window-Menorca
1985 -9.5”x9.5” frame: 17”x20”
Enquire Wim Blom-Look pencil on blue paper
1977 4.5"x5.5" frame 11"x9"
“His 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”.
Enquire Shelf with bowl 2015
Oil on canvas 66 x 66 cm
Enquire Shelf with a ribbon 2016 Oil on
canvas 45.7 x 66cm (18″ x 26″)
Enquire Still life on a shelf 2017
Oil on panel 26″ x 30″
Enquire Carapace 2006 Egg tempera
on paper 40 x 46 cm
Enquire Yellow shelf with plate
and striped box 2019 oil on canvas
43 x 43 cm
Enquire Sheep bell (Spain) 2012 Egg
tempera on paper 31 x 37 cm
Enquire Lamp and plate 2014 Oil on canvas
45.7 x 66 cm (18″ x 26″)
Enquire Venice I facade 1953 40 x 50 cm
oil on board
Enquire Florence Italy, water colour and oil,
painted in Florence 1955 15" x 12 "
Enquire Perugia Italy May 1955 water
colour painted in Perugia 1955 33x32cm
Enquire South African landscape 1945 -
14.5”x11.5” frame: 23”x17” - Wim was 18 years.
Enquire 1773 collage 2006 15 x 18 cm
frame :38 x 34 cm
Enquire Storm over Venice 2008
Collage 15 x 14 cm - Frame size 54
x 47 cm
Enquire Receipt for reparations
1802 -2006 Collage 17 x 18 cm -
frame size 50 x 64 cm
Enquire Venice II facade 1953 40 x 50
cm oil on board
Enquire View of Florence 1957 oil on panel
32.2 x 36.5 cm frame 49x57 cm
Enquire Reclining man 1972 oil on board-
8.5x10.5 inch- frame 14x12 inch
Enquire Study of Man and Blue wall
#1/3 -1971- 9"x 12" rame:14.5x17.25”
Enquire Fruit on table 1945 and oil on
board 9”x7.5” frame13.5”x11
Enquire Jug and fruit 1946 oil on paper
4.5 “x5.75” frame10”x12”
Enquire South African Township 1940-
9.5”x7.5”-Wim was 13 years.
Enquire Zuid Afrika landscape 1946 9”x7”
frame 11”x13” - Wim was 19 years.
Enquire Two figures 1971 -oil on paper 9”x11”
frame: 21”x12”
Enquire Two figures 1971 II - oil on
paper 9”x11” frame: 16”x14”
Enquire South African landscape
1st Jan. 1945- 9”x7.5”
AVAILABLE COLLAGES
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Enquire Whale eye seashells
lithograph 1979-6”x8.5”-
frame:11” x 13.50” #2 of 10
Enquire Red sleeper, 1972 artist proof silkscreen 40.5
x 50.5 cm (plate size)
Available Prints & Drawings
Enquire San Marco 6”x8.5 #1/10
and Whale eye seashells ”x8.5”#2/10-
lithographs frame: 10”x28”
Enquire A dry fig tree No. 2 2010 Graphite
on paper prepared with gouache 11"x7.5"
Frame: 20'x18"
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Enquire Two tables with cloth II pencil on
paper 1972 -7.5” x 8”f rame: 15.5 ”x18”
Enquire Two suspended leaves 1991
watercolour, ganarle and pencil 33 x 37 cm
Enquire Woman pencil on brown paper 1979 - 9”x5.5” frame: 8.5x11”
Enquire Beetles - study pencil on
paper 1977- 6.5”x7” frame 9”x12”
Enquire Look - study pencil on
paper 1978 - 4.5”x4.25” frame
9.5”x11.5”
Enquire Beetles- study pencil on
paper 1976 - 8.5”x5” frame
9.5”x12.5”