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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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