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1920 Lulu Island, British Columbia - 2014 Fredericton, New Brunswick. Known for: Female figure and crowd genre painting, teaching, combat artist.
Molly Lamb Bobak (1920-). The central theme in Bobak's work have been flowers and crowds of people. Her flower paintings, mostly rendered in watercolor and washes express the fragility of her... Read full biography
Molly Lamb Bobak (1920-). The central theme in Bobak's work have been flowers and crowds of people. Her flower paintings, mostly rendered in watercolor and washes express the fragility of her subjects. Her crowd paintings, mainly rendered in oil, are impressions of gatherings, showing the artist's... Read full biography
Molly Lamb Bobak (1920-). The central theme in Bobak's work have been flowers and crowds of people. Her flower paintings, mostly rendered in watercolor and washes express the fragility of her subjects. Her crowd paintings, mainly rendered in oil, are impressions of gatherings, showing the artist's interpretation of the essence of the occasion rather than the minute details of it. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1920, the daughter of Harold Mortimer-Lamb, a mining executive,... Read full biography
Molly Lamb Bobak (1920-). The central theme in Bobak's work have been flowers and crowds of people. Her flower paintings, mostly rendered in watercolor and washes express the fragility of her subjects. Her crowd paintings, mainly rendered in oil, are impressions of gatherings, showing the artist's interpretation of the essence of the occasion rather than the minute details of it. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1920, the daughter of Harold Mortimer-Lamb, a mining executive, publisher, art critic, art collector, photographer and painter and Mary Alice Price/Williams. In 1938, she began her formal art studies at the Vancouver School of Art under Jack Shadbolt. She joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) in 1942 rose... Read full biography
Molly Lamb Bobak (1920-). The central theme in Bobak's work have been flowers and crowds of people. Her flower paintings, mostly rendered in watercolor and washes express the fragility of her subjects. Her crowd paintings, mainly rendered in oil, are impressions of gatherings, showing the artist's interpretation of the essence of the occasion rather than the minute details of it. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1920, the daughter of Harold Mortimer-Lamb, a mining executive, publisher, art critic, art collector, photographer and painter and Mary Alice Price/Williams. In 1938, she began her formal art studies at the Vancouver School of Art under Jack Shadbolt. She joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) in 1942 rose to lieutenant and became the first official female War Artist with the Canadian Army in Europe, 1945 to 194... Read full biography
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Keywords (30)
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Canada
Art Association
- •British Columbia Society of Fine Arts/Society of Artists
- •Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Jack Shadbolt
Art School
- •Vancouver School of Art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Canada Council Grant for the Arts
- •Order of Canada, Elected Member
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Married to an Artist
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Roberts Gallery, Toronto
- •Waddington Galleries, England and Canada
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Sao Paulo Bienniale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- •Beaverbrook Art Gallery/Museum
- •Edmonton Art Gallery/Art Gallery of Alberta
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Vancouver Art Gallery
Exhibition of Special Group
- •British Columbia Women Artists, 1885-1985