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Winter gathering horse herd artwork by Bateman

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Winter gathering horse herd artwork by Bateman
Method of Payment is available at the On-Site. (Gracie D's Antiques Store, 5410-50 the Ave. mirror Ab) during pick-up days. Nov. 6-7-8 from 10 - 5 pm.)

Pick up only with paid invoice.
Load Out Days are Mon. Nov. 6, Tues. Nov. 7 and Wed. Nov. 8: 10-5
Print By Artist Robert Bateman Bateman was always interested in art, but never intended to make a living from it. He was fascinated by the natural world in his childhood; he recorded the sightings of all of the birds in the area of his house in Toronto and created small paintings with birds in their habitats. He found inspiration from the Group of Seven; later, he became interested in making abstract paintings of nature, strongly influenced by the work of Franz Kline.[3][4] It was not until the mid-1960s that he changed to his present style, realism. In 1954, he graduated with a degree in geography from the Victoria College in the University of Toronto. Afterwards, he attended Ontario College of Education. Starting in 1957, Bateman travelled around the world for 14 months in a Land Rover with his friend J. Bristol Foster. As they made their way through Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia, Bateman painted and sketched what he saw.

Bateman became a high school teacher of art and geography, and continued focusing his life on art and nature.[2] After two decades as a high school teacher, he became a full-time artist in 1976. A year later Mill Pond Press started making signed, limited edition prints of some of his paintings; over the years, these prints resulted in millions of dollars being raised for environmental causes. His work started to receive major recognition in the 1970s and 1980s. Robert Bateman's show in 1987, at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, drew a large crowd for a living artist.[5] In 1999, the Audubon Society of Canada declared Bateman one of the top 100 environmental proponents of the 20th century.[6]