Robert Bateman Research Paper

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Robert Bateman was born on May 24th 1930 in Toronto, Ontario (currently 85 years old right now), he is a Canadian naturalist and painter. Even in his early days, he was fascinated by nature and art, and would record bird sightings. Robert Bateman painted nature in a representational style all the way until his teens, when he switched over to a more post-impressionism and abstract style. He found inspiration from the Group of Seven, and was interested in abstract paintings of nature. Bateman returned to painting in a representation style (realism) during the early to mid 1960s, which resulted in him becoming one of the most recognizable Canadian artists. But it wasn't until 70s-80s that he started getting recognized for his work as a naturalist

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