- 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. 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
- “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; 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
- 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
- Tree, by David Suzuki & Wayne Grady; Art by Robert Bateman, Greystone
- Books, 2004
- 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
- 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
- Consulting Member, Conservation Council of Ontario
- 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 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, Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia
- Patron, Brant Wildlife Festival
- Patron, Vancouver Avian Research Centre
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- Rev 02.2012
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