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1888 Croydon, England - 1955 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Easel painting-abstraction, commercial art, illustration.
Bertram Richard Brooker (AKA: Bertram Brooker, AKA: Richard Surrey, AKA: Huxley Herne) was a painter, graphic artist, commercial artist, illustrator, writer, novelist, playwright, advertising... Read full biography
Bertram Richard Brooker (AKA: Bertram Brooker, AKA: Richard Surrey, AKA: Huxley Herne) was a painter, graphic artist, commercial artist, illustrator, writer, novelist, playwright, advertising executive and a pioneer of Canadian abstraction. He was born in Croydon, Surrey, England (now a part of... Read full biography
Bertram Richard Brooker (AKA: Bertram Brooker, AKA: Richard Surrey, AKA: Huxley Herne) was a painter, graphic artist, commercial artist, illustrator, writer, novelist, playwright, advertising executive and a pioneer of Canadian abstraction. He was born in Croydon, Surrey, England (now a part of London). His family emigrated to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (50 miles west of Winnipeg) in 1905. In 1921, he moved to Toronto, Ontario where he lived the rest of his life and died. His mediums were... Read full biography
Bertram Richard Brooker (AKA: Bertram Brooker, AKA: Richard Surrey, AKA: Huxley Herne) was a painter, graphic artist, commercial artist, illustrator, writer, novelist, playwright, advertising executive and a pioneer of Canadian abstraction. He was born in Croydon, Surrey, England (now a part of London). His family emigrated to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (50 miles west of Winnipeg) in 1905. In 1921, he moved to Toronto, Ontario where he lived the rest of his life and died. His mediums were oil, watercolour, tempera*, pencil, and pen and ink. His most famous early works (1925 - 1929) were complex hard-edge geometric abstractions inspired by music and focusing on colour, shape, perspective and rhythm. His styles were Vortecism*, Futurism*,... Read full biography
Bertram Richard Brooker (AKA: Bertram Brooker, AKA: Richard Surrey, AKA: Huxley Herne) was a painter, graphic artist, commercial artist, illustrator, writer, novelist, playwright, advertising executive and a pioneer of Canadian abstraction. He was born in Croydon, Surrey, England (now a part of London). His family emigrated to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (50 miles west of Winnipeg) in 1905. In 1921, he moved to Toronto, Ontario where he lived the rest of his life and died. His mediums were oil, watercolour, tempera*, pencil, and pen and ink. His most famous early works (1925 - 1929) were complex hard-edge geometric abstractions inspired by music and focusing on colour, shape, perspective and rhythm. His styles were Vortecism*, Futurism*, Surrealism* and Art Deco*. After 1930 his subject content expanded to include landscap... Read full biography
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Keywords (42)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
- •Art Deco
- •Cubism, Cubist
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Futurism
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
- •Vorticism
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Fantasy, Fancy, Fables, Dreams, Visions, Mystery, Creatures
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Still Life
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Art Association
- •Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
- •Canadian Group of Painters
- •Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
- •Ontario Society of Artists
Art Teacher
- •Lawren Phillips Harris
- •Lemoine Fitzgerald
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Art Association of Montreal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art
- •Arts and Letters Club of Toronto-
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Group of Seven Guest Exhibitors, Canada
- •Group of Seven: Art for a Nation, National Gallery