He was born in 1923 in Poland, and immigrated with his family to Canada in 1925, studying art with Arthur Lismer and Gordon Webber at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now AGO) between 1933 and 1937, and... Read full biography
He was born in 1923 in Poland, and immigrated with his family to Canada in 1925, studying art with Arthur Lismer and Gordon Webber at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now AGO) between 1933 and 1937, and with Carl Schaefer and Elizabeth Wyn Wood at Central Technical School in Toronto. After winning first... Read full biography
He was born in 1923 in Poland, and immigrated with his family to Canada in 1925, studying art with Arthur Lismer and Gordon Webber at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now AGO) between 1933 and 1937, and with Carl Schaefer and Elizabeth Wyn Wood at Central Technical School in Toronto. After winning first prize in the Canadian Army Art Exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada, he was sent overseas in April 1944, becoming the Official War Artist in the Canadian Army. While Bobak was in Europe... Read full biography
He was born in 1923 in Poland, and immigrated with his family to Canada in 1925, studying art with Arthur Lismer and Gordon Webber at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now AGO) between 1933 and 1937, and with Carl Schaefer and Elizabeth Wyn Wood at Central Technical School in Toronto. After winning first prize in the Canadian Army Art Exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada, he was sent overseas in April 1944, becoming the Official War Artist in the Canadian Army. While Bobak was in Europe with the 4th Canadian Armoured Division, he met Molly Lamb who was also an Official War Artist. The two artists would marry and settle in Vancouver. Both would continue to paint actively. Bruno taught at the Vancouver School of Art (1947-57), and was... Read full biography
He was born in 1923 in Poland, and immigrated with his family to Canada in 1925, studying art with Arthur Lismer and Gordon Webber at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now AGO) between 1933 and 1937, and with Carl Schaefer and Elizabeth Wyn Wood at Central Technical School in Toronto. After winning first prize in the Canadian Army Art Exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada, he was sent overseas in April 1944, becoming the Official War Artist in the Canadian Army. While Bobak was in Europe with the 4th Canadian Armoured Division, he met Molly Lamb who was also an Official War Artist. The two artists would marry and settle in Vancouver. Both would continue to paint actively. Bruno taught at the Vancouver School of Art (1947-57), and was the painter in residence at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton in 1960, and the director of... Read full biography
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About Bruno Joseph Bobak: Books
Books & Publications (31)
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B.C. Binning (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Rogatnick, Abraham J.; Ian M. Thom, Adele Weder
180 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
A Modern Life - Art and Design in British Columbia, 1945-1960 (Vancouver Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Thom, Ian and Alan Elder, editors
176 pages (color)
1953
2003
Holubizky, Ihor and Robert McKaskell
94 pages (color)
Art BC: Masterworks from British Columbia
2000
Thom, Ian
232 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection
1992
Paikowsky, Sandra and Lois Valliant
59 pages (color)
Urban Images, Canadian Painting (Agnes Etherington Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Farr, Dorothy
124 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Vancouver School of Art: The Growth Years, 1939-1965
1983
Lindberg, E. Theodore, Augaitis Daina and Elsa Schamis
48 pages (color)
Vancouver: Art and Artists, 1931-1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Rombout, Luke
440 pages (color)
Printmaking in British Columbia, 1889-1983 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1983
Tuele, Nicholas, Leslie Dawn and Greg Bellerby
64 pages (color)
Canadian Artists of the Second World War (Robert McLaughlin Gallery)
1981
Murray, Joan
124 pages
20th Century Canadian Drawings
1979
Morris, Jerrold
107 pages
A Canadian Survey: Selected Works from the Collection of Imperial Oil Limited (Art Gallery of Ontario)
1978
Moses, Gerry
52 pages (color)
A Terrible Beauty: The Art of Canada at War (Sponsored by Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Canadian War Museum)
1977
Robertson, Heather
240 pages (color)
From Desolation to Splendour Changing Perceptions-The British Columbia Landscape
1977
Tippett, Maria/Douglas Cole
159 pages (color)
Through Canadian Eyes: Trends and Influences in Canadian Art, 1815-1965 (Glenbow Museum)
1976
Williamson, Moncrieff
88 pages (color)
The Nude in Canadian Painting
1972
Morris, Jerrold
89 pages (color)
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966
Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld
128 pages (color)
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Townsend, William
47 pages (color)
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada)
1961
James, Philip et al
28 pages
Ten West Coast Painters/The Art of Emily Carr
1960
McNaim, Ian
16 pages
British Columbia: A Centennial Anthology
1958
Watters, Reginald E. (editor)
576 pages (color)
Exhibition of Canadian War Art (Exhibition at National Gallery and Art Gallery of Toronto) (Exhibition catalog)