William Timym

{{Short description|British artist}} {{infobox artist | name = William Timym | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|10|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Vienna, Austria | death_date = {{death date and age|1990|05|31|1902|10|5|df=y}} | education = Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | known_for = Painter, Animator, Sculptor | notable_works = ''Bleep and Booster'' }} [[File:INF3-76 pt5 General Sir Bernard Montgomery Artist Tim.jpg|thumb|Timym's portrait of General Montgomery created during the Second World War for the Ministry of Information ]] [[File:William Timym-Bertrand Russell-bronze bust-1970.jpg|alt=Bronze bust of Bertrand Russell by William Timym (1970)|thumb|William Timym, signed and numbered Bronze Head of Bertrand Russell, second cast of an edition of nine casts (June 1970). Bronze on a Onyx Base, 23.5 x 12 x 13.3cm.]] '''William Timym''', {{Post-nominals | country = GBR | MBE}} (1902–1990) was an artist whose best known work is probably the ''Bleep and Booster'' cartoons for the BBC's ''Blue Peter''.

Timym (pronounced Tim) was Austrian, grew up in Vienna and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He moved to England in 1938 because of the Nazi occupation of Austria and during the Second World War produced a number of works for the Ministry of Information.

He became a naturalised British citizen in April 1949.<ref name="The National Archives catalogue">{{cite web|title=HO 334/321/3177|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-6612489&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CTIMYM&accessmethod=0|work=The National Archives catalogue|access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref>

He was also a bronze sculptor and created many realistic (rather than stylised) wildlife sculptures. His sculptures include a statue of ''Blue Peter'''s dog Petra, a lion bust at Gloucester's Nature in Art museum, a lifesize Sumatran rhinoceros at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Canterbury, a signed and numbered portrait bust of Bertrand Russell, and a {{cvt|15|ft}} elephant fountain at Saint Louis Zoo. Other cartoons he produced include ''Bengo the Boxer puppy'' and ''Wuff, Snuff and Tuff''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.turnipnet.com/whirligig/tv/children/other/bengo.htm|title = Bengo the Boxer Pup}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://lambiek.net/artists/t/tim.htm Tim] *[http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/other/bengo.htm British 1950s TV and Radio] {{Commons category}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Timym, William}} Category:1920 births Category:1990 deaths Category:Austrian illustrators Category:Austrian male sculptors Category:Austrian animators Category:Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:Saint Louis Zoo people Category:20th-century sculptors Category:Austrian refugees Category:Austrian emigrants to the United Kingdom