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ROBERT BATEMAN |
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Born
in Toronto, Robert Bateman has been an enthusiastic artist and naturalist
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days.
He is an active spokesman for many environmental and preservation
issues and has a |
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degree
in geography. Bateman began painting wildlife and wilderness in
a representational style |
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until
his teens when he then interpreted nature using a variety of contemporary
styles. In the early |
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60's,
Bateman rediscovered realism and began to develop the style that
would make him one of |
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the
foremost artists depicting the world of nature. In the 70's and
early 80's, Bateman's work |
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began
to receive critical acclaim and attracted an enormous following. |
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his first one-man show in 1967, Bateman has had numerous sell-out
exhibitions in Canada, the United States and |
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Britain. His work is in many collections, including several art
museums. He was commissioned by the Governor |
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of Canada to do a painting as the wedding gift for HRH The Prince
Charles from the people of Canada. |
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work is also in the collections of HRH The Prince Philip, the late
Princess Grace of Monoco and Prince Bernhard |
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the Netherlands. His honors, awards and honorary doctorates are
numerous; he was made Officer of the Order |
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Canada, his country's highest civilian award. He has also been the
subject of six films. |
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