Object Record
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Metadata
Artist |
Bobak, Bruno |
Title |
Carlton, Martello Tower Historic Site, New Brunswick (ed. 29/100) |
Accession # |
997.17.53 |
Object Type |
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Date |
1985 |
Medium |
silkscreen |
Support |
paper |
Dimensions |
H-48 W-61 cm |
Description |
Bruno Bobak was a Polish-born Canadian painter that specialized in war paintings, and landscape works. Biographical Information: Born in Wawelowska, Poland, Bobak's family eventually settled in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1925. Bruno Bobak lived in Toronto where he studied art at Central Technical School and under Arthur Lismer. Eventually, Bobak studied under Arthur Lismer again at the Art Gallery of Toronto. In 1942, Bobak joined the Canadian Army and won first prize in Canadian Army Art Competition. He was then named as an Official War Artist. Bobak had no desire to experiment with the non-objective and abstract painting style that became popular in the Western world, but continued making many attractive large and colourful canvases of landscapes and city scenes. After the war Bobak returned to Canada and lived briefly in Ottawa before moving with his wife in 1947 to teach art at the Vancouver School of Art. The Bobaks moved one final time to New Brunswick in 1960 where he became the artist in residence at the University of New Brunswick, and was appointed Director of the University of New Brunswick's Art Centre. In 1995, along with his wife fellow war artist Molly Bobak, he became a Member of the Order of Canada. Bobak passed away in 2012. |