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William Timym, (1902–1990) was an artist whose best known work is probably the ''
's '' Blue Peter''.
Timym (pronounced Tim) was
William Timym, (1902–1990) was an artist whose best known work is probably the ''Bleep and Booster
''Bleep and Booster'' is a children's cartoon series by William Timym (pronounced Tim) originally shown on the BBC's ''Blue Peter''. A total of 44 five-minute episodes comprising 10 separate stories were produced for television between 3 February ...
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...Austria
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and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria.
History
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. He moved to England
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in 1938 because of the Nazi
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occupation of Austria and during the Second World War
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produced a number of works for the Ministry of Information.
He became a naturalised British citizen in April 1949.
He was also a bronze sculptor and created many realistic (rather than stylised) wildlife sculptures. These include a statue of ''Blue Peters dog Petra, a lion bust at Gloucester
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's Nature in Art
Nature in Art is a museum and art gallery at Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucester, England, dedicated exclusively to art inspired by nature in all forms, styles and media. The museum has twice been specially commended in the National Heritage ...
museum, a lifesize ''Sumatran white rhino'' at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Canterbury
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, and a 15 ft ''elephant fountain'' at Saint Louis Zoo
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. Other cartoons he produced include ''Bengo the Boxer puppy'' and ''Wuff, Snuff and Tuff''.
References
External links
*http://lambiek.net/artists/t/tim.htm *http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/other/bengo.htm 1920 births 1990 deaths Austrian illustrators Austrian sculptors Austrian male sculptors Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Members of the Order of the British Empire Saint Louis Zoo people 20th-century sculptors Austrian refugees Austrian emigrants to the United Kingdom {{Austria-artist-stub