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Bruno Bobak

Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (died 2012)

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Born
December 27, 1923
Died
September 24, 2012
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1923

About Bruno Bobak

Bruno Bobak, (born Bronislaw Jacob Bobak; 27 December 1923 – 24 September 2012) was a Polish-born Canadian Official war artist and art teacher. His main medium was watercolour painting but he also produced woodcuts. After he won first prize in a Canadian Army Art Competition, he was named as an Official Second World War artist. The Bobaks moved one final time to New Brunswick in 1960 and he became artist in residence at the University.

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The world when Bruno Bobak was born

Bruno Bobak was born in 1923. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1923

  • #1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
  • Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
  • Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
  • Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
  • Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
  • Defining fadDance marathons
  • Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
  • World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bruno Bobak's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19232026
Gas$0.22$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$3,380$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population111.9M341 million

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