He was the third son of james bateman frs 1811 1897 the accomplished horticulturist and landowner who built biddulph grange and its gardens in staffordshire.
Biography robert bateman artist.
Robert bateman was born in 1930 in ontario canada in a solid middle class family.
From an earlier age on bateman developed a strong connection with the outdoors and nature.
His work started to receive major recognition in the 1970s and 1980s.
Bateman is that rare breed of artists who chose to paint because it s their true calling.
From 1863 to 1867 he was a student at the royal academy schools.
Born in toronto robert bateman has been a keen artist and naturalist from his early days.
Along with his elder brothers john and rowland robert was educated at brighton college from 1855 1860.
Bateman became a high school teacher of art and geography and continued focusing his life on art and nature.
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.
An artist in nature biography by rick archbold madison press books 1990 african wildlife art by david tomlinson clive holloway books 1991.
Robert bateman s show in 1987 at the smithsonian institution in washington dc drew the largest crowd for a living artist.