AWARDS & CREDENTIALS . . .
Bateman, Robert
McLellan
O.C., O.B.C., R.C.A., D.F.A., D. Litt., D. Sc., LL.D., B.A.,
Artist/Naturalist
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
ofConservation, 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
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,
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, 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
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