Bertram Brooker

Bertram Brooker
Brooker painting in his studio, 1943
Born
Bertram Richard Brooker

31 March 1888
Croydon, England
DiedMarch 21, 1955(1955-03-21) (aged 66)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityEnglish-Canadian
Known forWriter, Painter, Musician
MovementAbstraction
SpouseMary Aurilla ("Rill") Porter (m. 1913)
AwardsGovernor General's 1936 Award for Fiction

Bertram Richard Brooker (March 31, 1888 – March 21, 1955)[1] was a Canadian abstract painter.[2] A self-taught polymath (the first in Canadian art),[3] in addition to being a visual artist, Brooker was a Governor General's Award-winning novelist, as well as a poet, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, copywriter, graphic designer, and advertising executive.[4] A key part of the art community in Toronto, he is considered one of its "most gifted first responders".[5]

  1. ^ Obituary, Globe and Mail, March 22, 1955
  2. ^ Joan Murray. Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Dundurn; November 1999. ISBN 978-1-55002-332-9. p. 40-41.
  3. ^ "Lecture by Michael Parke-Taylor, Abstraction and Realism: The Versatile Genius of Bertram Brooker". mcmichael.com. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, March 13, 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  4. ^ King, James (2018). Bertram Brooker: Life & Work. Toronto: Art Canada Institute. ISBN 978-1-4871-0177-0.
  5. ^ Parke-Taylor 2024, p. intro..

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