Robert Bateman Artist

Canada s top wildlife artist.

Robert bateman artist.

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. Robert bateman s work began to receive critical acclaim and to attract an enormous following in the 70s and early 80s. Guaranteed lowest price fast shipping free returns and custom framing options on all prints. The bateman foundation s online shop offers robert bateman prints books and activities as well as a curated collection of nature inspired artworks by talented local artists.

Alan sarah john. Visit the robert bateman centre website. Marriage to suzanne bowerman june 1961. Born in 1930 celebrated canadian artist and naturalist robert bateman is a well known figure in the art and conservation worlds.

Its crowning beauty is the natural world. O c o b c r c a d f a d. Although robert bateman started with sketching and traversed abstraction cubism expressionism and impressionism styles in his earlier paintings it was when he settled on the realism style that his uncanny depictions of the world. All proceeds support our nature based public programming.

His skillfully rendered paintings and art reflect and capture for posterity his love of art wildlife nature and the planet earth. Born in toronto canada 1930. His work started to receive major recognition in the 1970s and 1980s. Now he is known as one of canada s top premium artists with his works seen in many private collections and several art museums around the world.

I want to soak it up to understand it. Robert bateman born in toronto ontario canada in 1930 robert bateman was a keen artist and naturalist from his early days. See more ideas about wildlife art wildlife artists wildlife paintings. He has been the subject of several films and books including the art of robert bateman 1981 the world of robert bateman 1985 an artist in nature 1990 natural worlds 1996 thinking like a mountain 2000 birds 2002 new works 2010 life sketches 2015 bateman s canada 2017 as well as several children s books.

Robert bateman s show in 1987 at the smithsonian institution in washington dc drew the largest crowd for a living artist. His honors awards and honorary doctorates are too many to count. Contacts i can t conceive of anything being more varied rich and handsome. Bateman became a high school teacher of art and geography and continued focusing his life on art and nature.