Bertram Brooker

>Bertram Brooker 2005-04-17T21:41:04Z YUL89YYZ Add article '''Bertram Richard Brooker''' ([[March 31]], [[1888]] – [[March 22]], [[1955]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] writer, painter, musician, and advertising agency executive. Born in [[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]], [[England]], to Richard Brooker and Mary Ann (Skinner) Brooker, he moved to [[Portage la Prairie, Manitoba]] in [[1905]] with his family. In [[1913]] he rented a movie theatre in Neepawa, Manitoba. In [[1914]] he became editor of the ''Portage Review'', a local newspaper. In [[1915]] he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Engineers in Winnipeg. After the war he worked for the ''Winnipeg Tribune'', the ''Regina Leader Post'' and the ''Winnipeg Free Press''. He moved to Toronto in [[1921]]. In [[1921]] he joined the staff of Marketing Magazine, becoming its editor and publisher from [[1924]] until [[1926]]. In [[1923]] he published his first book, ''Subconscious Selling''. In [[1929]] he joined the staff of the J.J. Gobbons Advertising Agency. He won the [[1936 Governor General's Awards]] for ''Think of the Earth''. In 1940 he joined the staff of the MacLaren Advertising Co. He is regarded as the first Canadian [[Abstract impressionism|abstract impressionist]]. In [[1913]] he married Mary Aurilla (?Rill?) Porter. ==References== * {{Web reference | title=Bertram Brooker | work=University of Manitoba | URL=http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/ead/html/brooker.shtml | date=April 17 | year=2005}} [[Category:1888 births|Brooker, Bertram]] [[Category:1955 deaths|Brooker, Bertram]] [[Category:Canadian writers|Brooker, Bertram]] [[Category:Canadian painters|Brooker, Bertram]]