Robert bateman original paintings for sale

Bateman, Robert McLellan

O.C., O.B.C., R.C.A., D.F.A., D. Litt., D. Sc., LL.D., B.A.(Hons.),

Artist/Naturalist

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Personal

Born in Toronto, Canada, ; son of Joseph Wilber & Annie Maria (McLellan)

Bateman

Marriage to Suzanne Bowerman, June

    Children:  Alan, Sarah & John

Married Birgit Freybe, August   

    Children:  Christopher & Rob 

High School art/geography teacher 20 years

    Thornhill High School, Thornhill, Ontario:

    Nelson High School, Burlington, Ontario:  ;

    Government College, Umuahia, Nigeria: 

    Lord Elgin High School, Burlington, Ontario: 

Lifelong lecturer & resource person in art, photography, nature & conservation

Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of  Social & Applied Sciences, 

Royal Roads University

Resident of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada

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Education

Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, Toronto,

University of Toronto, B.A., Honours Geography,

Ontario College of Education,

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Major One-man Exhibitions

Tryon Gallery, London, England:  &

"Images of the Wild", National Museum of Natural Sciences,

    Ottawa, (travelling exhibit of major Canadian museums)

Le Conseil International de la Chasse et de la Conservation de

    Gibier, Monaco, (travelling exhibition of major European cities)

Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina,

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska,

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, &

Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.,

Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Museum

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Canadian Embassy, Tokyo,   (travelling California Academy of Sciences

April '92, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History Nov '92, Vancouver

Museum May '93, Victoria Art Gallery Sept '93)

National Museum of Wildlife Art, May ' Nov.'97

Art Gallery of Algoma, September ' November '97

Burlington Art Centre, June-July

"Diversities", Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, SA, Oct.

- Nov.,

Retrospective Tour: Wm. S. Fairfield Public Gallery, Sturgeon Bay, WI; Genesee 

County Museum, Mumford, NY; The Wildlife Experience, Denver, CO; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ; Bruce Museum of Arts & Sciences, Greenwich, CT; Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, May - Nov.

“Robert Bateman: A Portfolio”, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, August

“The Art of Bateman” with Alan Bateman & John Bateman, Masters Gallery,

Calgary, AB,

“The Art of Robert Bateman” Retrospective Tour: McMichael Gallery of Canadian Art, Kleinburg, ON

; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE , ; Wildlife Experience, Denver, CO, ; National

Museum of Wildlife Art’ Jackson Hole, W,Y ; San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, ; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB

“Robert Bateman in Russia”: Russian State Museum, St.

Petersburg; Ivanovo

Regional State Museum; Tula Museum of Fine Art; Tsarytsyno Palace Art

Museum, Moscow, Oct. – Aug.  

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The Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC – permanent exhibition, opened May 24,

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Public Art Museum Collections

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario

Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin

Denver Art Museum

Hamilton Art Gallery, Ontario

Genesee  Country Museum, New York

Glenbow Museum, Alberta

National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson WY 

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Plus numerous private collections including:

HRH The Prince Charles

HRH The Prince Philip

HRH The late Princess Grace of Monaco

HRH Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands

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Commissions

World Wildlife Fund, Endangered Species Silver Bowl,

Canada Post, Endangered Species Postage Stamp Series,

Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto, "Window Into Ontario",

Government of Canada, wedding gift to HRH The Prince Charles,  

    "Northern Reflections - Loon Family",

Royal Canadian Mint, Platinum Polar Bear Coin Series,

National Capital Commission, Canadiana Fund (Official Residences Permanent 

Collection), "Winter Pond - Mergansers",

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Major Academic Honours

D.F.A., D.

Litt., D. Sc., LL.D., B.A., SAA, AFC

Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, Colby College,

Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, Northeastern University,

Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, Brock University,

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Laurentian University,

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Royal Roads University,

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Guelph,

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Victoria,

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Toronto,

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Vancouver Island University,

Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Acadia University,

Doctor of Letters, Fine Arts, honoris causa, Lakehead University,

Doctor of Letters, Fine Arts, honoris causa, McMaster University,

Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Carleton University,

Doctor of Science, honoris causa, McGill University,

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Major Honours and Awards

Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal,

Artist of the Year, American Artist magazine,

Excellence Award in Arts for Contribution to Artistic Community,

    Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario,

Master Artist, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, 

    Wausau, Wisconsin,

Officer of the Order of Canada,

Member of Honour Award, World Wildlife Fund, ,

    (presented by HRH The Prince Philip)

Governor General Award for Conservation, Quebec City, Canada,

   

Lescarbot Award presented by Canadian Government, May

Society of Animal Artists Award of Excellence , , , , 

    , ; Lifetime Achievement Award,

Rachel Carson Award presented by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and     Chemistry, Washington D.C.,

Golden Plate Award presented by the American Academy of Achievement,

U.S.

National Audubon Society, one of 20th Century's Champions of 

    Conservation,

Order of British Columbia,

Rungius Medal presented by the National Museum of Wildlife Art,

Queen’s Jubilee Medal,

Perkin’s Partner in Conservation Award presented by The Wild Canid Center,

Roland Michener Conservation Award presented by the Canadian Wildlife    Federation,

Chevron Texaco Conservation Award,

President’s Medal, The Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation of Canada,

Ideas for Life Award, Canadian Environment Awards,

Amnesty International, Human Rights Defender Award,

Simon Combes Award, Artists for Conservation Foundation,

Niagara Escarpment Lifetime Achievement Award,

Living Planet Legacy Award, WWF-Canada,

The Black-Parker Award for Art Industry Leadership, Susan Kathleen Black Foundation,

Royal Canadian Geographical Society Gold Medal,

World Ecology Award, University of Missouri-St.

Louis,

International Brandwein Medal, Brandwein Institute,

Jay N. Ding Darling Award, The Wildlife Society,

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Schools:

Robert Bateman Public School, Ottawa, Ontario

Robert Bateman Secondary School, Abbotsford, British Columbia

Robert Bateman High School, Burlington, Ontario

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Books

The Art of Robert Bateman, biography by Ramsay Derry, 

    Madison Press Books, (French ed.

Wildlife artist robert bateman Thornhill High School, Thornhill, Ontario: Nelson High School, Burlington, Ontario: ; Ottawa, travelling exhibit of major Canadian museums. Le Conseil International de la Chasse et de la Conservation de. Gibier, Monaco, travelling exhibition of major European cities.

; German ed. )

Ten Top Wildlife Artists, by Patricia Van Gelder,

Wildlife Artists at Work by Patricia Van Gelder, Watson-Guptil,

Wildlife Painting - Techniques of Modern Masters, Susan Rayfield,

    Watson-Guptil,

The World of Robert Bateman, biography by Ramsay Derry,

    Madison Press Books,

Twentieth Century Wildlife Artists by Nicholas Hammond,

From the Wild by Christopher Hume,

Painting Birds by Susan Rayfield, Watson-Guptil,

Robert Bateman by Marjorie E.

White, Fitzhenry and Whiteside,

Robert Bateman: An Artist in Nature, biography by Rick Archbold,

    Madison Press Books,

African Wildlife Art by David Tomlinson, Clive Holloway Books,

Robert Bateman: Natural Worlds, text by Rick Archbold,

    Madison Press Books,

Safari, by Robert Bateman and Rick Archbold, Madison Press Books,

Thinking Like a Mountain, by Robert Bateman & Rick Archbold, Penguin

Books,

Design & Composition Secrets of Professional Artists, by the editors of

International Artist magazine, North Light Books,

Wildlife Art: 60 Contemporary Masters & Their Work, by Joan Muvskens    Pursley, Portfolio Press, c

The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes  by Peter Matthiessen, Paintings

and Drawings by Robert Bateman, Farrar, Strauss, Giroux,

Birds, by Robert Bateman & Kathryn Dean, Madison,

Tree, by David Suzuki & Wayne Grady; Art by Robert Bateman, Greystone

Books,

Backyard Birds by Robert Bateman with Ian Coutts, Madison,

Birds of Prey by Robert Bateman with Nancy Kovacs, Madison,

Polar Worlds by Robert Bateman with Nancy Kovacs, Madison,

Vanishing Habitats by Robert Bateman with Nancy Kovacs, Madison,

Bateman: New Works, Greystone Books,

Hope & Wild Apples by Robert Bateman, Bateman Foundation,

Sight Unseen, by Paul Gilbert, Bateman Foundation,

Life Sketches: a Memoir, by Robert Bateman, Simon & Schuster,

Robert Bateman’s Canada, by Robert Bateman, Simon & Schuster,

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Films

"Robert Bateman", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,

"Images of the Wild: A Portrait of Robert Bateman", National Film Board of

     Canada,

"The Nature Art of Robert Bateman", Eco-Art Productions,

"Robert Bateman - A Celebration of Nature", Canadian Broadcasting 

     Corporation,

"Robert Bateman - Artist/Naturalist", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"A Day in the Life of Robert Bateman", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,

 "Robert Bateman" Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,

"Life and Times of Robert Bateman", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,

"The Art of Robert Bateman", Cable Public Affairs Channel,

"Down to Earth", Zephyr Films,

“Recreating Eden”, TV series, Episode 30     [ or ]

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Memberships and Affiliations

Advisory Board, Pollution Probe

Advisory Committee Member, Gaylord A.

Nelson Environmental Endowments

Advisory Council, Ecotrust

Board Member, British Society for Wildlife Artists

Board Member, Jane Goodall Institute, Canada

Consulting Member, Conservation Council of Ontario

Council of Patrons, Earthroots

Director, BC Parks

Director, Charles Darwin Foundation of Canada

Founding Patron, Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Trust

Honorary Board Member Canadian Environmental Defense Fund 

Honorary Board Member Friends of Point Pelee Endowment Fund

Honorary Chairman, The Bateman Foundation

Honorary Chairman, Harmony Foundation, Victoria

Honorary Chairman, Return of the Peregrine Falcon Project

Honorary Director, Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival

Honorary Director, Kenya Wildlife Fund

Honorary Director, Long Point Bird Observatory, Ontario

Honorary Director, Niska Wildlife Foundation, Guelph

Honorary Director, North American Native Plant Society

Honorary Director, Ecojustice Canada [was Sierra Legal Defense Fund]

Honorary Fellow, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Honorary Life Member, Audubon Society

Honorary Life Member, Burlington Cultural Centre, Ontario

Honorary Life Member, Canadian Wildlife Federation

Honorary Life Member, Federation of Ontario Naturalists    

Honorary Life Member, Nova Scotia Nature Trust    

Honorary Life Member, Salt Spring Island Conservancy            

Honorary Life Member, Sierra Club

Honorary Member, Federation of Canadian Artists since April

Honorary Patron, The Land Conservancy of British Columbia

Honorary Patron, Allan Brooks Gallery of the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives 

Honorary Patron, Bruce Trail Conservancy

Life Member, Federation of British Columbia Naturalists

Life Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 

Member, CODE Advisory Council

Member, Explorer’s Club

Past Commissioner, Niagara Escarpment Commission, Georgetown, ON

Past Director, Art Gallery of Ontario

Past Director, Federation of Ontario Naturalists

Past Director, Hamilton Naturalist Association, Ontario

Patron, Brant Wildlife Festival

Patron, British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas

Patron, Riverwood Conservancy, Ontario

Patron, Vancouver Avian Research Centre

Patron, Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia

rev.

05/18