Willem Adriaan Blom was born in Germiston, South Africa on the 22nd of February 1927 - (†) 18th Jan. 2021on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Wim Blom 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 travelled extensively and was greatly impressed by the work of contemporary Italian painters, especially that of Mario Carletti, Armando Pizzinato and Mario Sironi. Most of his time, however most of his time was spent at the University of Perugia. 

Wim received many awards, one of them being the Dante Alighieri gold medal by the Fine Arts Society of Florence. After another year of academic work at Edinburgh University he returned to his homeland in 1951.Wim Blom’s work is represented in public collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada, the South African National Gallery, The Royal Scottish Academy and the Transvaal Art Society in South Africa and 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.

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