Bertram Brooker
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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]
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Born | Bertram Richard Brooker 31 March 1888 Croydon, England |
Died | March 21, 1955(1955-03-21) (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 |
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