Winter Field (Shingled House & Meadow) by Robert Bateman

Robert Bateman
Winter Field (Shingled House & Meadow)
acrylic on board
signed lower left; dated “Dec. 1973” on the reverse
24 x 36.75 ins ( 61 x 93.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $25,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Ontario
Mark Abley, “The Painted Bird”, “Saturday Night Magazine”, Toronto, June 1984, page 61
Discussing “Haliburton House”, one of Bateman's “finest” works, which shares similar compositional elements to “Winter Field”, Mark Abley explains that the work “provides a kind of emblem for all his paintings, no matter whether the subject is an Ontario farmhouse, a bald eagle, or an African elephant. Weary-eyed, we are confronted by the calm, impersonal power of the natural world; the way out of human decay is a way forward into nature. Bateman feeds a longing for what lies beyond.”
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Robert Bateman
(1930)
Robert Bateman was born in Toronto on May 24, 1930. Bateman is an influential pioneer in his field of art paying homage to the world of nature. His respect for the environment is undeniable and his constant pursuit to help others see the importance of its fragility is extraordinary. Bateman says, "I can't conceive of anything being more varied and rich and handsome than the planet Earth. And its crowning beauty is the natural world. I like to soak it up, to understand it as well as I can and to absorb it. And then I like to put it together and express it in my paintings. This is the way I want to dedicate my work."