1960s Molly Lamb Bobak "Cafe Du Agil" Oil on Board

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Molly Lamb Bobak (1920 - 2014), OC, ONB, SCP, CPE, CSGA, CSPWC, RCA

Born on Lulu Island outside Vancouver, Molly … Read more Molly Lamb Bobak (1920 - 2014), OC, ONB, SCP, CPE, CSGA, CSPWC, RCA

Born on Lulu Island outside Vancouver, Molly Lamb Bobak's career as an artist was launched during World War II as an official war artist, the first woman to be given that title. Posted around the country and then overseas, she recorded the day-to-day, ordinary activities of the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Before arriving in Fredericton in 1960 with Bruno Bobak, named resident artist at UNB, Molly had reached maturity as an artist with national and international exposure. She was of the first generation of women artists to make their way as professionals in the Canadian art world.

Bobak's work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. Library and Archives Canada holds the Molly Lamb Bobak and Bruno Bobak fonds. The archive contains their personal records including prints (woodcut, serigraph, and wood engraving), drawings, watercolours, photographs and 2.3 meters of textual records. See less