Think of the Earth
Dublin Core
Title
Think of the Earth
Description
Bertram Richard Brooker (1888–1955) was an artist, novelist, poet, journalist, critic, and advertising executive. He was born in Croydon, England and settled in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, in 1905.
Brooker was the first Canadian artist to exhibit abstracts and and his preferred media were oil, watercolour, pencil, ink and print. His early paintings include Sounds Assembling (1928) and Alleluiah (1929).
Yearbook of the Arts in Canada, a review of art, poetry, drama and literature was a project originated and edited by Brooker. The first volume was published in 1929, and the second appeared in 1936.
Think of the Earth was awarded the first Governor General's Award. It is set in Poplar Plains, a fictional prairie town based on Portage la Prairie. A scholarly edition, with explanatory notes and a bibliography, was published in 2000 by Brown Bear.
Brooker was the first Canadian artist to exhibit abstracts and and his preferred media were oil, watercolour, pencil, ink and print. His early paintings include Sounds Assembling (1928) and Alleluiah (1929).
Yearbook of the Arts in Canada, a review of art, poetry, drama and literature was a project originated and edited by Brooker. The first volume was published in 1929, and the second appeared in 1936.
Think of the Earth was awarded the first Governor General's Award. It is set in Poplar Plains, a fictional prairie town based on Portage la Prairie. A scholarly edition, with explanatory notes and a bibliography, was published in 2000 by Brown Bear.
Creator
Brooker, Bertram, 1888–1955
Source
Canadiana
Publisher
Thomas Nelson & Sons
Date
1936
Relation
Public domain
Identifier
PR9199.3 .B72 T54 1936
Collection
Citation
Brooker, Bertram, 1888–1955, “Think of the Earth,” Dominion of the North: Literary & Print Culture in Canada, accessed May 14, 2024, https://omeka.vicu.utoronto.ca/dominion/document/PR9199.3%20.B72%20T54%201936.