Molly Lamb Bobak
Beach (2), 1987
1920-2014
Oil on canvas board
6 x 12 in
15.2 x 30.5 cm
Copyright Alan Klinkhoff Gallery
15.2 x 30.5 cm
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signed, 'MOLLY LAMB B' (lower right)Provenance
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal
The poetry of people, sometimes crowds, couples or even solitary figures in a landscape or seascape, provided inspiration for Molly. The beaches on Canada's east and west coasts and Galiano Island as well, were from sketching strolls she made on numerous occasions.
Molly Lamb Bobak was one of the premiere Canadian figurative artists of the post-WWll generation. Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia she moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick when her artist husband, Bruno was hired as the artist in residence at University of New Brunswick in 1960. Molly Lamb Bobak was Canada’s first female Official War Artist to serve overseas. Throughout the decades in her adopted Province of New Brunswick, Molly kept close ties with her native British Columbia, painting in the Vancouver area and the Islands regularly. She was a strong colourist, perhaps in a fauve tradition, and with a poetry in paint somewhat akin to modern French artists, most noticeably Raoul Dufy. From our personal experience working with her for some 30 years, Molly’s painting so often reflect the most positive aspects of the human experience; a temperament she exuded.
Walter Klinkhoff Gallery was an avid promoter of Molly’s career and had numerous exhibitions beginning in 1967 and then 1968, 1975, 1981, 1985, 1989 and 1993.
Molly Lamb Bobak was one of the premiere Canadian figurative artists of the post-WWll generation. Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia she moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick when her artist husband, Bruno was hired as the artist in residence at University of New Brunswick in 1960. Molly Lamb Bobak was Canada’s first female Official War Artist to serve overseas. Throughout the decades in her adopted Province of New Brunswick, Molly kept close ties with her native British Columbia, painting in the Vancouver area and the Islands regularly. She was a strong colourist, perhaps in a fauve tradition, and with a poetry in paint somewhat akin to modern French artists, most noticeably Raoul Dufy. From our personal experience working with her for some 30 years, Molly’s painting so often reflect the most positive aspects of the human experience; a temperament she exuded.
Walter Klinkhoff Gallery was an avid promoter of Molly’s career and had numerous exhibitions beginning in 1967 and then 1968, 1975, 1981, 1985, 1989 and 1993.
