Bertram Brooker 1888 - 1955 |
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Born in Croydon, England Bertram Brooker moved with his parents to
Portage la Prairie in 1905 and later to Toronto in 1921. He acquired a
reputation as a writer, painter, musician, and poet. Brooker was a
charter member of the Canadian Group of Painters and he won the
Governor General's Award for fiction in 1936 for "Think of the Earth".
Bertram
Brooker is an artist of several mediums and is a key example of
liberation and innovation in the extensive history of Canadian art.
Through a diversity of artistic interpretations and styles, Brooker
captures both spiritual and commercial perspectives.
He
preferred realism during the late '20s and early '30s. It was during
this time that he was influenced by LeMoin FitzGerald, a friend of
Brooker's and contemporary artist.
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