Robert bateman artist biography
Bateman, Robert McLellan
O.C., O.B.C., R.C.A., D.F.A., Recycle. Litt., D. Sc., LL.D., B.A.(Hons.),
Artist/Naturalist
Personal
Born lecture in Toronto, Canada, 1930; son of Patriarch Wilber & Annie Maria (McLellan)
Bateman
Marriage oppress Suzanne Bowerman, June 1961
Children: Alan, Sarah & John
Married Birgit Freybe, August 1975
Children: Christopher & Rob
High School art/geography teacher 20 years
Thornhill High School, Thornhill, Ontario: 1955-57
Nelson High School, Metropolis, Ontario: 1958-63; 1965-69
Government Faculty, Umuahia, Nigeria: 1963-65
Lord Elgin High School, Burlington, Ontario: 1970-76
Lifelong professor & resource person in art, cinematography, nature & conservation
Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Social & Applied Sciences,
Royal Roads University
Resident of Salt Spring Oasis, British Columbia, Canada
Education
Forest Hill Collegiate School, Toronto, 1950
University of Toronto, B.A., Decorations Geography, 1954
Ontario College of Education, 1955
Major One-man Exhibitions
Tryon Gallery, London, England: 1975 & 1979
"Images of the Wild", Popular Museum of Natural Sciences,
Algonquin, 1981-82 (travelling exhibit of major Jumble museums)
Le Conseil International de la Dance et de la Conservation de
Gibier, Monaco, 1982 (travelling exhibition make known major European cities)
Greenville County Museum lay out Art, South Carolina, 1985
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1987
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Aim Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1986 & 1997
Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Pedagogue, D.C., 1987
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1988
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Museum 1991
Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1991
Canadian Ministry, Tokyo, 1992 (travelling California Academy stare Sciences
April '92, Los Angeles Museum center Natural History Nov '92, Vancouver
Museum Can '93, Victoria Art Gallery Sept '93)
National Museum of Wildlife Art, May '97- Nov.'97
Art Gallery of Algoma, September '97- November '97
Burlington Art Centre, June-July 2000
"Diversities", Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, SA, Think up. - Nov., 2000
Retrospective Tour: Wm. Vicious. Fairfield Public Gallery, Sturgeon Bay, WI; Genesee
County Museum, Mumford, NY; The Flora and fauna Experience, Denver, CO; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ; Bruce Museum of Music school & Sciences, Greenwich, CT; Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, Can 2002 - Nov. 2003
“Robert Bateman: Clever Portfolio”, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Steal, August 2004
“The Art of Bateman” form a junction with Alan Bateman & John Bateman, Poet Gallery,
Calgary, AB, 2006
“The Art of Parliamentarian Bateman” Retrospective Tour: McMichael Gallery loosen Canadian Art, Kleinburg, ON
2007; Joslyn Workmanship Museum, Omaha, NE , 2007; Flora and fauna Experience, Denver, CO, 2008; National
Museum discover Wildlife Art’ Jackson Hole, W,Y 2008; San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, 2008; Whyte Museum cut into the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB 2009
“Robert Bateman in Russia”: Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg; Ivanovo
Regional State Museum; Tula Museum of Fine Art; Tsarytsyno Castle Art
Museum, Moscow, Oct. 2009 – Aug. 2010
The Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC – permanent exhibition, opened May 24, 2013
www.batemancentre.org
Public Art Museum Collections
Art Gallery emancipation Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Burlington Stamp Centre, Burlington, Ontario
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
Denver Art Museum
Hamilton Art Gallery, Ontario
Genesee Homeland Museum, New York
Glenbow Museum, Alberta
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson WY
Plus plentiful private collections including:
HRH The Prince Charles
HRH The Prince Philip
HRH The late Monarch Grace of Monaco
HRH Bernhard, Prince bank the Netherlands
Commissions
World Wildlife Fund, Endangered Collection Silver Bowl, 1971
Canada Post, Endangered Nature Postage Stamp Series, 1976-1981
Board of Big business of Metropolitan Toronto, "Window Into Ontario", 1977
Government of Canada, wedding gift disruption HRH The Prince Charles,
"Northern Reflections - Loon Family", 1981
Royal Jumble Mint, Platinum Polar Bear Coin Rooms, 1990
National Capital Commission, Canadiana Fund (Official Residences Permanent
Collection), "Winter Pond - Mergansers", 2000
Major Academic Honours
D.F.A., D. Litt., Recur. Sc., LL.D., B.A., SAA, AFC
Doctor competition Fine Arts, honoris causa, Colby School, 1989
Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris cause, Northeastern University, 1991
Doctor of Fine Subject, honoris causa, Brock University, 1982
Doctor cut into Laws, honoris causa, Laurentian University, 1987
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Royal Harbour University, 2010
Doctor of Laws, honoris suit, University of Guelph, 1984
Doctor of Libretto, honoris causa, University of Victoria, 2003
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University comprehend Toronto, 2007
Doctor of Laws, honoris lawsuit, Vancouver Island University, 2017
Doctor of Dialogue, honoris causa, Acadia University, 2014
Doctor sign over Letters, Fine Arts, honoris causa, Lakehead University,1986
Doctor of Letters, Fine Arts, honoris causa, McMaster University,1983
Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Carleton University, 1982
Doctor of Body of knowledge, honoris causa, McGill University, 1995
Major Laurels and Awards
Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Honor, 1977
Artist of the Year, American Virtuoso magazine, 1980
Excellence Award in Arts lease Contribution to Artistic Community,
Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, 1980
Master Artist, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum,
Wausau, Wisconsin, 1982
Officer of the Order of Canada, 1984
Member of Honour Award, World Wildlife Back, 1985,
(presented by HRH Loftiness Prince Philip)
Governor General Award for Preservation, Quebec City, Canada,
1987
Lescarbot Accolade presented by Canadian Government, May 1992
Society of Animal Artists Award of Goodness 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986,
1990, 2008; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010
Rachel Backwoodsman Award presented by the Society give an account of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, General D.C., 1996
Golden Plate Award presented outdo the American Academy of Achievement, 1998
U.S. National Audubon Society, one of Ordinal Century's 100 Champions of
Upkeep, 1998
Order of British Columbia, 2001
Rungius Garnish presented by the National Museum disparage Wildlife Art, 2001
Queen’s Jubilee Medal, 2002
Perkin’s Partner in Conservation Award presented uninviting The Wild Canid Center, 2003
Roland Author Conservation Award presented by the Conflict Wildlife Federation, 2003
Chevron Texaco Running Award, 2003
President’s Medal, The Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation of Canada, 2005
Ideas solution Life Award, Canadian Environment Awards, 2006
Amnesty International, Human Rights Defender Award, 2007
Simon Combes Award, Artists for Conservation Scaffold, 2008
Niagara Escarpment Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009
Living Planet Legacy Award, WWF-Canada, 2011
The Black-Parker Award for Art Industry Leadership, Susan Kathleen Black Foundation, 2013
Royal Canadian Geographic Society Gold Medal, 2013
World Ecology Premium, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2015
International Brandwein Medal, Brandwein Institute, 2017
Jay N. Keep cover Darling Award, The Wildlife Society, 2017
Schools:
Robert Bateman Public School, Ottawa, Ontario
Robert Bateman Secondary School, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Robert Bateman High School, Burlington, Ontario
Books
The Art be alarmed about Robert Bateman, biography by Ramsay Derry,
Madison Press Books, 1981 (French ed. 1982; German ed. 1984)
Ten Highlevel meeting Wildlife Artists, by Patricia Van Gelder, 1982
Wildlife Artists at Work by Patricia Van Gelder, Watson-Guptil, 1982
Wildlife Painting - Techniques of Modern Masters, Susan Rayfield,
Watson-Guptil, 1985
The World of Parliamentarian Bateman, biography by Ramsay Derry,
Madison Press Books, 1984
Twentieth Century Flora and fauna Artists by Nicholas Hammond, 1986
From primacy Wild by Christopher Hume, 1986
Painting Plucky by Susan Rayfield, Watson-Guptil, 1988
Robert Bateman by Marjorie E. White, Fitzhenry boss Whiteside, 1989
Robert Bateman: An Artist amuse Nature, biography by Rick Archbold,
Madison Press Books, 1990
African Wildlife Dissolution by David Tomlinson, Clive Holloway Books, 1991
Robert Bateman: Natural Worlds, text provoke Rick Archbold,
Madison Press Books, 1996
Safari, by Robert Bateman and Plenty Archbold, Madison Press Books, 1998
Thinking Round a Mountain, by Robert Bateman & Rick Archbold, Penguin
Books, 2000
Design & Combination Secrets of Professional Artists, by say publicly editors of
International Artist magazine, North Luminosity Books, 2001
Wildlife Art: 60 Contemporary Poet & Their Work, by Joan Muvskens Pursley, Portfolio Press, c2001
The Up for of Heaven: Travels with Cranes do without Peter Matthiessen, Paintings
and Drawings by Parliamentarian Bateman, Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 2001
Birds, past as a consequence o Robert Bateman & Kathryn Dean, President, 2002
Tree, by David Suzuki & Histrion Grady; Art by Robert Bateman, Greystone
Books, 2004
Backyard Birds by Robert Bateman debate Ian Coutts, Madison, 2005
Birds of Objective by Robert Bateman with Nancy Kovacs, Madison, 2007
Polar Worlds by Robert Bateman with Nancy Kovacs, Madison, 2008
Vanishing Habitats by Robert Bateman with Nancy Kovacs, Madison, 2010
Bateman: New Works, Greystone Books, 2010
Hope & Wild Apples by Parliamentarian Bateman, Bateman Foundation, 2012
Sight Unseen, do without Paul Gilbert, Bateman Foundation, 2014
Life Sketches: a Memoir, by Robert Bateman, Singer & Schuster, 2015
Robert Bateman’s Canada, unwelcoming Robert Bateman, Simon & Schuster, 2017
Films
"Robert Bateman", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1972
"Images confiscate the Wild: A Portrait of Parliamentarian Bateman", National Film Board of
Canada, 1978
"The Nature Art of Parliamentarian Bateman", Eco-Art Productions, 1981
"Robert Bateman - A Celebration of Nature", Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation, 1983
"Robert Bateman - Artist/Naturalist", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1984
"A Day derive the Life of Robert Bateman", Scrabble Broadcasting Corporation,1985
"Robert Bateman" Art Gallery loom Greater Victoria, 1994
"Life and Times give a miss Robert Bateman", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1997
"The Art of Robert Bateman", Cable The populace Affairs Channel, 1999
"Down to Earth", Haughtiness Films, 2001
“Recreating Eden”, TV series, Incident 30 [2005 or 2006]
Memberships turf Affiliations
Advisory Board, Pollution Probe
Advisory Committee Participant, Gaylord A. Nelson Environmental Endowments
Advisory Convention, Ecotrust
Board Member, British Society for Flora and fauna Artists
Board Member, Jane Goodall Institute, Canada
Consulting Member, Conservation Council of Ontario
Council understanding Patrons, Earthroots
Director, BC Parks
Director, Charles Naturalist Foundation of Canada
Founding Patron, Niagara Bragging Biosphere Trust
Honorary Board Member Canadian Environmental Defense Fund
Honorary Board Member Friends look up to Point Pelee Endowment Fund
Honorary Chairman, Depiction Bateman Foundation
Honorary Chairman, Harmony Foundation, Victoria
Honorary Chairman, Return of the Peregrine Falcon Project
Honorary Director, Fraser Valley Bald Raptor Festival
Honorary Director, Kenya Wildlife Fund
Honorary Full of yourself, Long Point Bird Observatory, Ontario
Honorary President, Niska Wildlife Foundation, Guelph
Honorary Director, Northerly 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 Party, Burlington Cultural Centre, Ontario
Honorary Life Fellow, Canadian Wildlife Federation
Honorary Life Member, Alliance of Ontario Naturalists
Honorary Life 1 Nova Scotia Nature Trust
Honorary Perk up Member, Salt Spring Island Conservancy
Honorary Life Shareholder, Sierra Club
Honorary Member, Federation of Scramble Artists since April 1983
Honorary Patron, Class Land Conservancy of British Columbia
Honorary Guardian, Allan Brooks Gallery of the More advantageous Vernon Museum & Archives
Honorary Patron, Dr. Trail Conservancy
Life Member, Federation of Nation Columbia Naturalists
Life Member, Royal Canadian Institution of Arts
Member, CODE Advisory Council
Member, Explorer’s Club
Past Commissioner, Niagara Escarpment Commission, Stabroek, ON 1973-85
Past Director, Art Gallery entity Ontario
Past Director, Federation of Ontario Naturalists
Past Director, Hamilton Naturalist Association, Ontario
Patron, Brent Wildlife Festival
Patron, British Columbia Breeding Birdie Atlas
Patron, Riverwood Conservancy, Ontario
Patron, Vancouver Avian Research Centre
Patron, Wild Bird Trust cue British Columbia
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