Biography of WIM BLOM
Wim Blom ( 1927 - ) was born in South Africa and educated at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and at the University of Perugia, Italy. 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 and exhibited internationally. Wim Blom
is 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, 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.
He lives and works in British Columbia.
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