A resident of Fulford Harbor, British Columbia, Robert Bateman became one of the foremost wildlife painters of the late 20th century. This statement is reinforced by the fact he was voted Favorite... Read full biography
A resident of Fulford Harbor, British Columbia, Robert Bateman became one of the foremost wildlife painters of the late 20th century. This statement is reinforced by the fact he was voted Favorite Artist by readers of Wildlife Art magazine in a millennium poll. He regards each work as a challenge,... Read full biography
A resident of Fulford Harbor, British Columbia, Robert Bateman became one of the foremost wildlife painters of the late 20th century. This statement is reinforced by the fact he was voted Favorite Artist by readers of Wildlife Art magazine in a millennium poll. He regards each work as a challenge, and is leery of becoming a formula painter, something that he feels is a plague on wildlife art. He was born in Toronto, and was an artist and naturalist from his early days, although he did not sell... Read full biography
A resident of Fulford Harbor, British Columbia, Robert Bateman became one of the foremost wildlife painters of the late 20th century. This statement is reinforced by the fact he was voted Favorite Artist by readers of Wildlife Art magazine in a millennium poll. He regards each work as a challenge, and is leery of becoming a formula painter, something that he feels is a plague on wildlife art. He was born in Toronto, and was an artist and naturalist from his early days, although he did not sell any works until age 35. Bateman painted wildlife and wilderness in a representational style until his teens when he began to interpret nature by using a variety of contemporary styles including post-impressionism and abstract expressionism. In the... Read full biography
A resident of Fulford Harbor, British Columbia, Robert Bateman became one of the foremost wildlife painters of the late 20th century. This statement is reinforced by the fact he was voted Favorite Artist by readers of Wildlife Art magazine in a millennium poll. He regards each work as a challenge, and is leery of becoming a formula painter, something that he feels is a plague on wildlife art. He was born in Toronto, and was an artist and naturalist from his early days, although he did not sell any works until age 35. Bateman painted wildlife and wilderness in a representational style until his teens when he began to interpret nature by using a variety of contemporary styles including post-impressionism and abstract expressionism. In the early 1960s, he rediscovered realism and used it in depicting the world of nature. His first one-man show was in 1967. In the 70s a... Read full biography
Robert Bateman - Artist Info
About Robert Bateman: Books
Books & Publications (28)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Who Killed Tom Thomson:
2018
Little, John
409 pages
American Wildlife Art
2010
Wagner, David
424 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Robert Bateman: Birds
2002
Bateman, Robert
176 pages (color)
Art and the Animal: The Society of Animal Artists 41st Annual Members Exhibition 2001 (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Sweet, Francis; David Wagner
80 pages
Thinking Like A Mountain
2000
Bateman, Robert; Rich Archbold
130 pages
From the Inside Out: Contemporary Wildlife and the Legacy of Carl Rungius
2000
Evenden, Kirstin and Dwayne Harty
36 pages (color)
Safari
1998
Bateman, Robert
32 pages (color)
Modern Wildlife Painting
1998
Hammond, Nicholas
240 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Robert Bateman/Natural World
1996
Archbold, Rick
192 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
The Art of Robert Bateman
1993
Derry, R. and Peterson, R.
178 pages (color)
Art and the Animal, The Society of Animal Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Peterson, Roger Tory (Foreward)
120 pages (color)
Duck Stamps and Prints The Complete Federal & State Editions
1988
McCaddin, Joe (introduction)
192 pages (color)
From the Wild Portfolios of North America's Finest Wildlife Artists
1987
Hume, Christopher (editor-in-chief)
192 pages (color)
Portraits of Nature Paintings by Robert Bateman (Exhibition catalog)