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 Bruno Bobak was only two years old when he left his native Poland and immigrated to Canada. The Bobak family first settled in Saskatchewan, then moved to Ontario. As a young man, Bruno Bobak moved to Toronto and enrolled at the Art Gallery and the Central Technical School. His art studies were interrupted by the war. He enlisted in January 1943, was sent overseas in April 1944, and was appointed an official war artist in October 1944. He painted scenes in England before accompanying the Fourth Canadian Armoured Division in North-West Europe. Demobilized in July 1946, he worked as a designer for the Canadian Government Exhibition Commission, then moved to Vancouver, where he headed the Design Department at the Vancouver School of Art. In 1957, he obtained a Canadian Government Overseas Senior Fellowship and returned to Europe to paint and perfect his technique. The University of New Brunswick offered him a position as artist in residence, and he settled in Fredericton in 1960. Two years later, the University made him the director of its Art Centre. |
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