Robert Bateman: career timeline
Canadian · b. 1930 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 21 of 37 lots (57% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $1.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | $17.6kSign up | Acrylic |
| 1980s | 5 | 5 | $10.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 9 | 7 | $22.4kSign up | Acrylic |
| 2000s | 5 | 5 | $11.1kSign up | Acrylic |
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1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 10 in (20 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
1950 Untitled - Summer Landscape$1.5kSign up
1970s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $17.6kSign up
- Average
- $17.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 30 in (61 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
1979 Bluffing Bull - African Elephant$17.6kSign up
1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $10.1kSign up
- Average
- $14.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 12 in (24 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Sculpture (1), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
1982 Untitled - Red-Tailed Hawk Head #155/250$2.1kSign up
1983 Great Crested Grebe$16.8kSign up
1984 Bull Moose at Creek$8.2kSign up
1986 A Resting Place - Cape Buffalo$35.1kSign up
1989 Untitled - Curled Up Swift Fox$10.1kSign up
1990s 9 works
- Sold
- 7 of 9
- Median
- $22.4kSign up
- Average
- $28.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 16 in (50 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (5), Oil (3), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (4), Cattle & animals (1)
1991 Hoary Marmot$38kSign up
1991 Coyote$43.9kSign up
1993 DucklingsResult not published
1994 Female HummingbirdResult not published
1995 Evening Light – American Elk$54.5kSign up
1997 Cape Buffalo Bull$17.6kSign up
1998 Siberian Dusk$15.5kSign up
1998 Study for Siberian Night$9kSign up
1998 Siberian Dusk$22.4kSign up
2000s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $11.1kSign up
- Average
- $10kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 12 in (20 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (2), Oil (2), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
2000 Giant Petrels and Albino Gentoo Penguin$9.5kSign up
2000 Wood Duck$12.3kSign up
2004 Cactus and Roadrunner$16.8kSign up
2004 Moose$11.1kSign up
2005 Black-tailed Deer Portrait$200Sign up
Creation date not recorded
16 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $14.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 27.5 in (52 × 69 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Print (other) (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (2)
sold 2005 African Cape Buffalo$40kSign up
sold 2007 The Challenge-Bull Moose$345Sign up
sold 2008 Bull Moose Studies$2.2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $9.9kSign up
- Average
- $11.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 20 in (36 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (5), Drawing (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2017 Peregrine Falcon$3.2kSign up
sold 2018 Flamingos in Ngorongoro$16.4kSign up
sold 2018 Dipper by the Waterfall$8.8kSign up
sold 2018 Alert$9.9kSign up
sold 2018 Kingfisher in Winter$23.4kSign up
sold 2019 Woodland Caribou #72/290$150Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $4.2kSign up
- Average
- $5.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 22 in (43 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Drawing (1), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2022 Bugling Elk at Mammoth$12.9kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled - Algonquin Park$4.2kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled - Owl #82/90$474Sign up
sold 2025 Cardinal and Sumac$150Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled - Algonquin Park$7.7kSign up
sold 2026 Peregrine Falcon in FlightResult not published
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Robert Bateman auction results →