Molly Lamb Bobak

Molly Lamb Bobak (1920-2014)

Molly Lamb Bobak was born in Vancouver and showed early interest in art; her father, Mortimer Lamb, was am amateur artist, art patron, and critic, who was one of the few critics to step up in defense of the Group of Seven when their work was under heavy criticism. She studied at the Vancouver School of Art and under J.L. Shadbolt. She became recognized for her depictions of flowers, figures in cities, and landscapes; Robert Fulford described her work, "Her greatest concern, as a painter, is with the human being and his environment, in her own time and place." When the war broke out, Bobak was appointed a war artist in 1945 and she kept an illustrated diary of her experiences. During her time serving as a war artist, she met Bruno Bobak, and the two were married in Toronto, later settling in Vancouver. She was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters, the BC Society of Artists, and the Canadian Society of Graphic Art. Her work is represented by the National Gallery of Canada and elsewhere.