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Bateman, Robert McLellan
O.C., O.B.C., R.C.A., D.F.A., D. Litt., D. Sc., LL.D., B.A., Artist/Naturalist |
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Personal Born in Toronto, Canada, 1930; son of Joseph Wilber & Annie Maria (McLellan) Bateman Marriage to 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, Burlington, Ontario: 1958-63; 1965-69 Government College, Umuahia, Nigeria: 1963-65 Lord Elgin High School, Burlington, Ontario: 1970-76 Lifelong lecturer & resource person in art, photography, nature & conservation Resident of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada Education Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, Toronto, 1950 University of Toronto, B.A., Honours Geography, 1954 Ontario College of Education, 1955 Major One-man Exhibitions Tryon Gallery, London, England: 1975 & 1979 "Images of the Wild", National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, 1981-82 (travelling exhibit of major Canadian museums) Le Conseil International de la Chasse et de la Conservation de Gibier, Monaco, 1982 (travelling exhibition of major European cities) Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina, 1985 Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1987 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1986 & 1997 Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., 1987 Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1988 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Museum 1991 Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1991 Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, 1992 (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 '97- Nov.'97 Art Gallery of Algoma, September '97- November '97 Burlington Art Centre, June-July 2000 "Diversities", Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, SA, Oct. - Nov., 2000 Retrospective Tour: Wm. 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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 2002 - Nov. 2003 “Robert Bateman: A Portfolio”, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, August 2004 “The Art of Bateman” with Alan Bateman & John Bateman, Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2006 “The Art of Robert Bateman” Retrospective Tour: McMichael Gallery of Canadian Art, Kleinburg, ON 2007; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE , 2007; Wildlife Experience, Denver, CO, 2008; National Museum of Wildlife Art’ Jackson Hole, W,Y 2008; San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, 2008; Whyte Museum of 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 Palace Art Museum, Moscow, Oct. 2009 – Aug. 2010 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 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 Commissions World Wildlife Fund, Endangered Species Silver Bowl, 1971 Canada Post, Endangered Species Postage Stamp Series, 1976-1981 Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto, "Window Into Ontario", 1977 Government of Canada, wedding gift to HRH The Prince Charles, "Northern Reflections - Loon Family", 1981 Royal Canadian Mint, Platinum Polar Bear Coin Series, 1990 National Capital Commission, Canadiana Fund (Official Residences Permanent Collection), "Winter Pond - Mergansers", 2000 Major Academic Honours Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, Colby College, 1989 Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, Northeastern University, 1991 Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, Brock University, 1982 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Laurentian University, 1987 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Royal Roads University, 2010 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Guelph, 1984 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Victoria, 2003 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Toronto, 2007 Doctor of 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 Science, honoris causa, McGill University, 1995 Major Honours and Awards Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977 Artist of the Year, American Artist magazine, 1980 Excellence Award in Arts for 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 Fund, 1985, (presented by HRH The Prince Philip) Governor General Award for Conservation, Quebec City, Canada, 1987 Lescarbot Award presented by Canadian Government, May 1992 Society of Animal Artists Award of Excellence 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1990, 2008 Rachel Carson Award presented by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Washington D.C., 1996 Golden Plate Award presented by the American Academy of Achievement, 1998 U.S. National Audubon Society, one of 20th Century's 100 Champions of Conservation, 1998 Order of British Columbia, 2001 Rungius Medal presented by the National Museum of Wildlife Art, 2001 Queen’s Jubilee Medal, 2002 Perkin’s Partner in Conservation Award presented by The Wild Canid Center, 2003 Roland Michener Conservation Award presented by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, 2003 Chevron Texaco Conservation Award, 2003 President’s Medal, The Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation of Canada, 2005 Ideas for Life Award, Canadian Environment Awards, 2006 Amnesty International, Human Rights Defender Award, 2007 Simon Combes Award, Artists for Conservation Foundation, 2008 Niagara Escarpment Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009 Schools: Robert Bateman Elementary School, Ottawa, Ontario Robert Bateman Secondary School, Abbotsford, British Columbia Robert Bateman High School, Burlington, Ontario Books The Art of Robert Bateman, biography by Ramsay Derry, Madison Press Books, 1981 (French ed. 1982; German ed. 1984) Ten Top 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 Robert Bateman, biography by Ramsay Derry, Madison Press Books, 1984 Twentieth Century Wildlife Artists by Nicholas Hammond, 1986 From the Wild by Christopher Hume, 1986 Painting Birds by Susan Rayfield, Watson-Guptil, 1988 Robert Bateman by Marjorie E. White, Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1989 Robert Bateman: An Artist in Nature, biography by Rick Archbold, Madison Press Books, 1990 African Wildlife Art by David Tomlinson, Clive Holloway Books, 1991 Robert Bateman: Natural Worlds, text by Rick Archbold, Madison Press Books, 1996 Safari, by Robert Bateman and Rick Archbold, Madison Press Books, 1998 Thinking Like a Mountain, by Robert Bateman & Rick Archbold, Penguin Books, 2000 Design & Composition Secrets of Professional Artists, by the editors of International Artist magazine, North Light Books, 2001 Wildlife Art: 60 Contemporary Masters & Their Work, by Joan Muvskens Pursley, Portfolio Press, c2001 The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes by Peter Matthiessen, Paintings and Drawings by Robert Bateman, Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 2001 Birds, by Robert Bateman & Kathryn Dean, Madison, 2002 Backyard Birds by Robert Bateman with Ian Coutts, Madison, 2005 Birds of Prey 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 Films "Robert Bateman", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1972 "Images of the Wild: A Portrait of Robert Bateman", National Film Board of Canada, 1978 "The Nature Art of Robert 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 in the Life of Robert Bateman", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,1985 "Robert Bateman" Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1994 "Life and Times of Robert Bateman", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1997 "The Art of Robert Bateman", Cable Public Affairs Channel, 1999 "Down to Earth", Zephyr Films, 2001 Major 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 Council of Patrons, Earthroots 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, 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 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, Sierra Club Honorary Member, Elsa Wild Animal Appeal, Toronto, Ontario Honorary Member, Federation of Canadian Artists since April 1983 Honorary Member, Conservation Council of Ontario Honorary Patron, The Land Conservancy of British Columbia Life Member, Federation of British Columbia Naturalists Member of Advisory Council, CODE Member Explorer’s Club Past Commissioner, Niagara Escarpment Commission, Georgetown, Ontario: 1973-85 Past Director, Art Gallery of Ontario Past Director, Federation of Ontario Naturalists Past Director, Hamilton Naturalist Association, Ontario Patron, Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia Patron, Brant Wildlife Festival Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
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