B.C.
Artist Robert Bateman...
photo
by Birgit Freybe-Bateman
Robert
Bateman was speaking to News for the Soul from his Saltspring Island
Studio while working on his latest painting (literally) ~ The Hairy
Woodpecker.
about
robert bateman
Born in Toronto,
Robert Bateman was a keen artist and naturalist from his early days.
Bateman painted wildlife and wilderness in a representational style
until his teens when he began to interpret nature using a variety
of contemporary styles including post-impressionism and abstract expressionism.
In the early 60’s, Bateman rediscovered realism and began to
develop the style that would make him one of the foremost artists
depicting the world of nature. In the 70’s and early 80’s,
Bateman’s work began to receive critical acclaim and to attract
an enormous following.
Since his first
one-man show in 1967, Bateman has had numerous sell-out exhibitions
in Canada, the United States and Great Britain. His work is in many
public and private collections, including several art museums. He
was commissioned by the Governor General of Canada to do a painting
as the wedding gift for HRH The Prince Charles from the people of
Canada. His work is also included in the collections HRH The Prince
Philip, the late Princess Grace of Monaco and Prince Bernhard of the
Netherlands. Bateman has had many one-man museum shows throughout
North America, including an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington, D.C.; most of these shows have drawn record-breaking
crowds. His honours, awards and honorary doctorates are numerous,
he was made Officer of the Order of Canada, our country’s highest
civilian award. He has also been the subject of three films. Two books
of his art, The Art of Robert Bateman and The World of Robert Bateman,
have made publishing history; they have sold more that half a million
copies.
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