The Art of Robert Bateman

by Ramsey Derry

Other authorsRobert Bateman (Painter), Roger Tory Paterson (Introduction)
Hardcover, 1981

Call number

759.1 BAT

Collection

Publication

Viking Penguin, Inc. (1981), Edition: 1st, 178 pages

Description

This work profiles the paintings of Canadian wildlife artist Robert Bateman, whose goal is to portray an animal living its own life independent of man and whose work has been likened to Andrew Wyeth. Following a biographical portrait, his oeuvre is explored through color plate reproductions of dozens of his paintings, accompanied by brief comment

User reviews

LibraryThing member mahallett
i wasn't expecting to like this book but i did. sometimes the pictures of animals seem lifeless(is he painting stuffed birds?) but his scenery is wonderful. the story of his life is interesting too. he's quite good-looking. was he one of these nerdy good looking guys? this book was here when i
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LibraryThing member Shahnareads
Love this. So pretty.
LibraryThing member booktsunami
Some lovely painting here of wildlife and nature scenes ..thjough the script bt 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.
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Mostly, the work that I liked was the realist wildlife and bird paintings but he also has a number of pairings of embankment aments, and grassland ...omne 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.
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Pages

178

ISBN

067013497X / 9780670134977
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