Bertram Brooker | |
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 Brooker painting in his studio, 1943 | |
| Born | Bertram Richard Brooker 31 March 1888 Croydon, England |
| Died | March 21, 1955 (aged 66) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | English-Canadian |
| Known for | Writer, Painter, Musician |
| Movement | Abstraction |
| Spouse | Mary Aurilla ("Rill") Porter (m. 1913) |
| Awards | Governor 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]
- ^ Obituary, Globe and Mail, March 22, 1955
- ^ Joan Murray. Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Dundurn; November 1999. ISBN 978-1-55002-332-9. p. 40-41.
- ^ "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.
- ^ King, James (2018). Bertram Brooker: Life & Work. Toronto: Art Canada Institute. ISBN 978-1-4871-0177-0.
- ^ Parke-Taylor 2024, p. intro..