Bert Kloezeman

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Bert Kloezeman (born 1921, Malaysia, ---) is a painter and art educator in Canada.

[edit] Career

After completing his studies in The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, Netherlands he decided to move to Canada in 1952. He taught History of Art and Oil Painting in Woodstock, Ontario, and contributed to establish the Oxford County Art Association. Later he moved to London, Ontario 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.