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Wim Boissevain Art for Sale<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Artist Wim Boissevain Bio<\/h2>\n

His more famous artworks involve nudes, still life\u2019s, and animals with the beauty to which they all allude. His work has been selling well across the country, for more than four decades. He uses a variety of different mediums, mainly oils, but watercolour and pastels have previously been used.<\/p>\n

Artist\u00a0Wim Boissevain’s Bio<\/h2>\n
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William ‘Wim’ Boissevain<\/b>\u00a0(born 23 July 1927) is an\u00a0Australian<\/a>\u00a0painter of\u00a0Dutch<\/a>\u00a0extraction born\u00a0Willem Geoffrey Boissevain<\/b>\u00a0in New York, son of Gideon Walrave ‘Gi’ Boissevain who was in the Dutch diplomatic service.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

He studied at the\u00a0Central School of Arts and Crafts<\/a>, London and the\u00a0\u00c9cole nationale sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts<\/a>, Paris.<\/p>\n

He arrived in Australia in 1947, became\u00a0naturalised<\/a>\u00a0in 1949,[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and has established a studio at\u00a0Glen Forrest<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Darling Range<\/a>\u00a0near\u00a0Perth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From 1951 to 1955 he taught drawing and\u00a0French<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Wesley College, Perth<\/a>,[3]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0later at\u00a0Perth Technical College<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His portrait of the art dealer and benefactor\u00a0Claude Hotchin<\/a>\u00a0was an entry in the 1957\u00a0Archibald Prize<\/a>.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Since 1964, he has held exhibitions in many major galleries in Perth (commencing with the Skinner Gallery[5]<\/a><\/sup>) and Sydney.[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0His paintings are avidly sought by collectors. His portrait of Sir\u00a0James Alexander Forrest<\/a>\u00a0is held in the National Portrait Gallery in\u00a0Canberra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His first wife\u00a0Rhoda Elsie Boissevain<\/b>\u00a0(born 27 July 1918), also a fine portrait painter, was runner-up in the\u00a0Rubinstein Prize<\/a>\u00a0for portraiture 1960. She also taught at Perth Technical College in the 1960s.[7]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0National Library of Australia<\/a>\u00a0holds her portrait of\u00a0Katharine Susannah Prichard<\/a>, completed ca. 1955.[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Oilwash & Pastel\r\nsize:<\/strong> 47 x 64cm\r\nframed:<\/strong> 79 x 99cm<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22619,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[22],"product_tag":[191],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/applecrossart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/22618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/applecrossart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/applecrossart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/applecrossart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/22618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applecrossart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/applecrossart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applecrossart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=22618"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applecrossart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=22618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}