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Bruno Bobak
1922


	sxhibited in Canadian Society of Painters in Water
	Bitter Sweet gallery artists 1952 SOLD 11 x 9 (in) watercolour

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Bruno Bobak born in Wawelowka Poland, 1922 and immigrated to Saskatchewan in Canada in 1924.

By 1936 he attended art classes at the Art Gallery of Toronto under Lismer, Medhurst, Taylor, and Webber. By 1938 he studied at the Central Technical School until 1942. He obtained a Canadian Government Overseas Senior Fellowship studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, 1957 and through to 1959 when he Studied at City and Guilds of London Art School, London, UK.

He is exhibited in the following institutions,
- Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston Ont
- Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alta
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
- Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
- Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ont
- Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ont
- Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto, Ont
- Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
- Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ont
- Canadian War Museum, National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, Ont
- C-I-L Art Collection, Toronto, Ont
- Concordia University Collection of Art, Montreal, Quebec
- Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI
- Dalhousie Art Hallery, Halifax, NS
- Department of External Affairs, Ottalwa Ont
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Mi, USA
- Hart House, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
- Lavalin Inc., Montreal, Que
- Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
- Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA
- London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ont
- McIntosh Art Gallery, Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Que
- Muzeum Narodowego, Warsaw, Poland
- New Brunswick Art Bank, Fredericton, NB
- New Brunswick Museum, St. John, NB
- Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Univ of Regina, Regina, Sask
- Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway
- Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison Univ, Sackville, NB
- Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
- South London Art Gallery, London, UK
- Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, Ont.
- University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
- Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Man.

1970-71 "Bruno Bobak's Humanism", exhibition organized by Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
He is an active member in the groups such as the C.P.E., and the A.R.C.A.

Brunos many awards include
- 1944 First Prize "Canadian Army Art Exhibition", The National Gallery of Canada
- 1954 Jessie Dow Prize, 71st Annual Spring Exhibition, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for watercolour, Eclipse (The Winnipeg Art Gallery)
- 1955 C.W. Jefferys Award, Canadian Society of Graphic Art.
- 1960 First Prize Exhibition of Contemporary Art: Vancouver Art Gallery
- 1972 Canada Council Senior Fellowship
- 1978 Silver Jubilee Medal
- 1982 'Campus Gates 1964', chosen for reproduction on Canada 30 cent postage stamp, issued June 30

He has the following credits as well associated with his art.
- Headed the Design Department at the Vancouver School of Art (1946)
- Artist in residence, University of New Brunswick, 1960
- Director of the Arts Centre at the University of New Brunswick (1962 - 1987)
- Canada's youngest official War Artist (1944-1946), commissioned while serving in England in the Canadian Armed Forces with the Royal Canadian Engineers.
- 1945 Married Molly Lamb, Official War Artist, Canadian Women's Army Corps.

** Information from -
Colin S. Macdonald, Dictionary of Canadian Artists

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