Closed cupboard 2015
oil on canvas 56 x 56 cm
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Shelf with bowl 2015 Oil on canvas 66 x 66 cm CONTACT
Shelf with a ribbon 2016 Oil on canvas 45.7 x 66cm (18″ x 26″) CONTACT
Box with apples 2018 oil on canvas 30 x 56 cm CONTACT
SOLD Still life with Nijmegen box 2007 oil on canvas 16” x 24” CONTACT
Dry fig tree No2 2010 Graphite on paper prepared with gouache 20.3 x 28 cm CONTACT
1773 2006 collage 15 x 18 cm Frame size 38 x 34 cm CONTACT
Perugia Italy May 1955 water colour 33 x 32 cm framed. Painted in
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Folded hanging cloth 1993 pencil on paper 18 x 19 cm CONTACT
Two suspended leafs 1991watercolour, ganarle and pencil 33 x 37 cm
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African woman 1945 crayon on paper 18 x 21 cm CONTACT
Wim Blom-Florence Italy, water colour and oil painted in Florence 1955 15" x 12 " in
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Wim Blom - Venice facade oil on board 1953 40 x 50 cm CONTACT
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 - Venice facade oil on board 1953 40 x 50 cm CONTACT
Two tables with cloth 1971 pencil on paper 15 x 15 cm Frame size 38 x 41 cm CONTACT
Torso 1985 pencil on paper 15 x 15 cm 6”x6” in framed CONTACT
“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.”
Lamp and plate 2014 Oil on canvas 45.7 x 66 cm (18″ x 26″) CONTACT
Carapace 2006 Egg tempera on paper 40 x 46 cm CONTACT
Yellow shelf with plate and striped box 2019 oil on canvas 43 x 43 cm Wim Bloms last painting. framed. CONTACT
Still life on a shelf 2017 Oil on panel 66 x 76.2 cm (26″ x 30″) CONTACT
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.
“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”.
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
From the Estate of Wim Blom
Receipt for reparations 1802 2006 Collage 17 x 18 cm -frame size 50 x 64 cm
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Storm over Venice 2008 Collage 15 x 14 cm - Frame size 54 x 47 cm CONTACT
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Shelf with bowl 2015 Oil on canvas 66 x 66 cm CONTACT
Sheep-Bell-(Spain) 2012 egg tempera-on-paper 31 x 37cm CONTACT
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