Artist

Bobak, Molly Lamb

Title

Cosmos

Technique

watercolour

Date

1978

Dimensions

62.23cm height x 42.99cm width

Type

painting

Accession Number

2012.9.1

Owner

City of Burnaby

Collection

Permanent Collection

Gift of Johanna Hickey

Molly Lamb was born in Burnaby, BC in 1922. In 1942, she joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps and became the first woman to be officially designated as a war artist in Canada. As an artist, she focused on two themes: crowds of people and floral compositions.