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Gangbare naam: Bateman, Robert
Geboortedatum: 1930-05-24
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: Canada
Geboorteplaats: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Woonplaatsen: Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Opleiding: University of Toronto (1954)
Ontario College of Education (1955)
Beroepen: artist
painter
geographer
lecturer
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Order of Canada (Officer)
Korte biografie: Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1930, Robert Bateman was a keen artist and naturalist from his early days. Bateman painted wildlife and wilderness in a representational style until his teens when he began to interpret nature using a variety of contemporary styles including post-impressionism and abstract expressionism. In the early 60s, Bateman rediscovered realism and began to develop the style that would make him one of the foremost artists depicting the world of nature. In the 70s and early 80s, Bateman's work began to receive critical acclaim and to attract an enormous following.

Since his first one-man show in 1967, Bateman has had numerous sell-out exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Great Britain. His work is in many public and private collections, including several art museums. He was commissioned by the Governor General of Canada to do a painting as the wedding gift for HRH The Prince Charles from the people of Canada. His work is also included in the collections HRH The Prince Philip, the late Princess Grace of Monaco and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. Bateman has had many one-man museum shows throughout North America, including an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; most of these shows have drawn record-breaking crowds. His honours, awards and honorary doctorates are numerous, he was made Officer of the Order of Canada, our country's highest civilian award. He has also been the subject of three films. Two books of his art, "The Art of Robert Bateman" and "The World of Robert Bateman", have made publishing history; they have sold more that half a million copies.

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Art of Robert Bateman door Ramsay Derry

Some lovely painting here of wildlife and nature scenes ..though the script by Ramsay Derry seems a little stilted and pedestrian. I liked Robert Batemens' own descriptions (of his paintings) better. I've always liked the paintings of Andrew Wyeth and I can see the debt that Bateman owes to Wyeth. Mostly, the work that I liked was the realist wildlife and bird paintings but he also has a number of paintings of embankments, and grassland ...some of reeds that was meant to have a bird in it but he liked it just the way it is...and I agree. It's lovely. I was particularly taken by some of his detailed explanations of the embankment vacated by nesting swifts. Clearly he does have a very good grasp of geology and soil science. I also liked the sketchbook though I would have liked to see the actual development of one or two of his works through the various stages.......maybe in his next book. He strikes me as still getting into his stride and there is almost an air of self-consciousness about some of his work...though with other paintings ...like the one of the bear emerging on the rock there is a confident maturity in the painting. I especially liked the occasional close up as in the one on p88 (Marginal meadows) ...they give me hope that maybe, just maybe, one day I might be able to paint something like this. Clearly he paints on a large scale and reducing the size of the originals for the book concentrates the details. Makes them appear more detailed than they actually are ...but then they are really good paintings. Overall, I loved the work. Happy to give it 4.5 stars.… (meer)

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booktsunami | 3 andere besprekingen | Aug 6, 2020 |

Thinking like a mountain door Robert Bateman

The essays describing his youth were the best in the book. It is obvious that as he aged, he has become more preachy. On long-term conservation Bateman claims "politicians can't see beyond the next election" yet it's often the electorate who provide opposition to long-term plans. At first glance some of the essays appeared to relate pleasant stories about nature, which I would have enjoyed, but turned negative as the author contemplates how humans are destroying nature. He also claims our public transit system isn't working (as far as the environment is concerned), yet omits mentioning that many public transit systems are much less threatening to the environment than the internal combustion engine in cars. Living on an island as he does, I wonder just how often Bateman takes the bus or train. For such a small book he squeezed in a lot of pessimism and some ideas that could bear rethinking. Using his fame as a nature artist to lecture on the effects humans are having on the environment, turned this into a disappointing read.… (meer)

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VivienneR | 2 andere besprekingen | Feb 14, 2019 |

Thinking Like a Mountain by Robert Bateman… door Robert Bateman

I loved this little volume of environmental essays by artist Robert Bateman (thanks for the tip-off Donna >122, and Beth, I think, in another thread).

Environmental messages through autobiographical stories mostly, accompanied by some of Bateman's drawings.

I think my favourite was 'Homo Sapiens Teenager Consumerensis', even more in evidence than it was 19 years ago when this little volume was written!

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Caroline_McElwee | 2 andere besprekingen | Jan 27, 2019 |

The Art of Robert Bateman door Ramsey Derry

Love this. So pretty.

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