Bert Kloezeman
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Career
After completing his studies in The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The HagueThe Hague
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, Netherlands
Netherlands
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he decided to move to Canada in 1952.
He taught History of Art and Oil Painting in Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in Southern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 km southwest of Toronto, north of Highway 401 along the historic Thames River...
, and contributed to establish the Oxford County Art Association. Later he moved to London, Ontario
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
where he joined the Faculty Staff of the Beal Art School where he taught History of Art, Oil and Acrylic Painting to many Canadian and foreign students for many decades. While at Beal Art School he also had a period of intense and prolific creativity and made many exhibitions of his art work which includes crayon and charcoal drawings, and oil paintings. In these art works he portrays still life, landscape and portraits not only from his country but also on many features of Canadian life. One of his traits as an instructor is his gentle ability to stir up his students to develop their own creativity and a balance of self-criticism.