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Robert McLellan Bateman
O.C., O.B.C., R.C.A., D.F.A., D. Litt., D. Sc., LL.D., B.A., SAA, AFC
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Born in Toronto, Canada, 1930; son of Joseph Wilber & Anne (McLellan) Bateman Children: Alan, Sarah, and John Married Birgit Freybe, August 1975 Children: Christopher and Rob Photo by Birgit Freybe Bateman
Lecturer and resource person in art, photography, nature & conservation
Education: Forest Hill High School, Toronto, 1950 University of Toronto, B.A., 1954 Ontario College of Education, 1955
High school art/geography teacher: Thornhill High School, Thornhill, Ontario: 1955-57 Nelson High School, Burlington, Ontario: 1958-63; 1965-69 Government College, Umuahia, Nigeria: 1963-65 Art Consultant, Halton Board of Education 1969-70 Lord Elgin High School, Burlington, Ontario: 1970-76 Resident of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Special Achievements:
- Major Academic Honours
Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, Colby College, 1989 Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, Northeastern University, 1991 Doctor of Law, 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 Toronto, 2007 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Victoria, 2003 Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Acadia University, 2014 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 Master Artist, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, 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; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010 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 The Black-Parker Award for Art Industry Leadership, Susan Kathleen Black Foundation, 2013 Royal Canadian Geographical Society Gold Medal, 2013 World Ecology Award, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2015
Robert Bateman Elementary School, Ottawa, Ontario Robert Bateman Secondary School, Abbotsford, British Columbia Robert Bateman High School, Burlington, Ontario
- Major Exhibitions
Tryon Gallery, London, England: 1975 & 1979 Beckett Gallery, Hamilton/Toronto, Ontario: 1978, 1987. 1991, 2002 “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 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) Suntory Museum, Osaka and Tokyo, Japan “Canadian Wildlife Artists” Dec.’95-Feb.’96 (Five Canadian wildlife artists) Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, April-June ’97 National Museum of Wildlife Art, May ’97- Nov.’97 “Diversities”, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, SA, Oct. - Nov., 2000 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 2002 - Nov. 2003 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 2002 - Nov. 2003 “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; The 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
The Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC – permanent exhibition, opened May 24, 2013
Collections:
- Permanent 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 HRH The Prince Charles HRH The Prince Philip HRH The late Princess Grace of Monaco HRH Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands
- Special 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
Publications:
- Books
- The Art of Robert Bateman, 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, by Ramsay Derry, Madison Press Books, 1984 Twentieth Century Wildlife Artists by Nicholas Hammond, 1986 Robert Bateman: An Artist in Nature, 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, 2009 Bateman: New Works, Greystone Books, 2010 Life Sketches: a Memoir, Simon & Schuster, 2015
- 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 “Down to Earth”, Zephyr Films, 2001
Organization Membership:
- Memberships & Directorships
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, The Bateman Foundation, Victoria Honorary Chairman, Harmony Foundation, Victoria Honorary Chairman, Return of the Peregrine Falcon Project Honorary Director, Ecojustice Canada 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 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, Sierra Club Honorary Member, Federation of Canadian Artists since April 1983 Honorary Patron, The Land Conservancy of British Columbia Honorary Patron, Bruce Trail Conservancy 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, Brant Wildlife Festival Patron, Vancouver Avian Research Centre Patron, Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
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PO Box 115 Fulford Harbour Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
Canada V8K 2P2
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