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Decorative illustration by Artist Galleries: forested ridges in mist, with tall firs in the foreground. Not a work by Robert Bateman.

Artist

Robert Bateman

A Toronto-born naturalist who taught high school for twenty years before leaving in 1976 to paint full time. The next year he signed with Mill Pond Press to publish his paintings as signed limited-edition prints, which he has used to raise millions of dollars for conservation.12

104 sold on eBaymedian $125snapshot 13 November 2026

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What Robert Bateman prints sell for

Recent eBay sold listings for Robert Bateman ranged from $7 to $1,500, with a median of $125 (104 sold listings, collected 13 November 2026).

Low
$7
25th percentile
$60
Median
$125
75th percentile
$250
High
$1,500

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At a glance

Medium
Offset lithograph reproductions of his acrylic paintings, signed and numbered in pencil. Also small original lithographs, sold with some prints as two-piece sets, and later giclée prints on canvas.3456
Publisher
Mill Pond Press of Venice, Florida, under an agreement signed in 197723
Active
Signed with Mill Pond Press in 1977; the year of his first print was not found. Giclée canvas editions of earlier paintings were published in 2003.26
Born
24 May 1930, Toronto71
Based
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia1

About Robert Bateman

Robert Bateman was born in Toronto on 24 May 1930. He took a degree in geography at the University of Toronto in 1954 and taught high-school art and geography for twenty years, two of them in Nigeria.71

He painted throughout. His official biography says he began in a representational style, moved through impressionism and cubism to abstract expressionism, and returned to realism in his early thirties.1

He left teaching in 1976 to paint full time. The Penticton Art Gallery records that, as his exhibitions sold out, he signed an agreement with Mill Pond Press in 1977 to publish signed, limited-edition prints. He was hesitant at first, the gallery says, but saw a way to make his art more accessible and to raise awareness of conservation.12

The prints drew a criticism that, in the gallery’s words, persists to this day. Critics accused him of flooding the market with mechanically reproduced offset lithographs that misled buyers. The same essay notes that Bateman himself never marketed the prints as investments; that was done mainly by his publisher, by frame shops and galleries, and by speculators.2

Bateman answered in a 2012 essay, A Question of Prints. A reproduction of a painting, he wrote, is obviously a reproduction, and the charge of deliberately deceiving the public is unfounded. Signing and numbering an edition shows the artist’s control over it, and limiting the number raises the value of each print where there is demand.8

He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984, and the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History showed his paintings in 1987. His biography says his artwork and limited-edition prints have raised millions of dollars for conservation causes.1

The family moved to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, in 1985. He established the Bateman Foundation in 2012, and the Robert Bateman Centre opened in Victoria on 24 May 2013. His official site marked his 96th birthday on 24 May 2026.1910

Print pages

Robert Bateman prints on this site

No.TitleYearEditionRecent sold
01 Pride of Autumn – Canada Goose 1987111213 15,2941211 median $60 (3 sold)
02 Midnight – Black Wolf 198946 25,232 or 25,352614 none in snapshot
03 The Air, the Forest and the Watch Painted 19891516 42,55817 none in snapshot
04 High Kingdom – Snow Leopard Painted 198618 10,7721920 none in snapshot
05 Siberian Tiger Painted 199121 4,5002223 none in snapshot
06 Through the Birches – White-tailed Deer Painted 199124 10,00025 none in snapshot
07 Ready for the Hunt – Snowy Owl Painted 197426 95027 none in snapshot
08 Giant Panda Painted 198528 About 5,00029 none in snapshot
09 Shadow of the Rainforest – Black Jaguar Painted 199230 About 9,0005 none in snapshot
10 The Predator Portfolio [year not confirmed] 9503132 none in snapshot

“Recent sold” figures are eBay sold listings collected 13 November 2026. A range is given only where a title sold three or more times.

What do I have?

How to identify a Robert Bateman print

The usual Bateman print is a reproduction of a painting. Auction houses catalog them as color offset lithographs, signed and numbered in pencil in the margin. One example of 1992 is recorded as numbered 283/4500, published by Mill Pond Press of Venice, Florida, with 76 artist’s proofs and a certificate of authenticity.3

Edition sizes vary enormously: from 950 to more than 40,000 among the prints on this site. The size is on the print itself; an auction house records a copy of Pride of Autumn – Canada Goose as numbered 263/15,294.271711

Some prints were also sold as a Premier, Prestige or Deluxe Edition: a set of two, made up of the large print and a small original lithograph, each signed and numbered in a much smaller edition. For the four such sets on this site the edition is 450 or 950.522176

An original lithograph is a different kind of print. In Bateman’s own definition, an original print is one where there is no other original, only a plate, a stone or a screen, while a reproduction copies an existing work of art. A dealer’s catalog covers the original Bateman lithographs that Mill Pond Press produced from 1985 through 1993.833

Canvas editions are giclée prints in much smaller editions. Midnight – Black Wolf was reissued in 2003 as giclées on canvas in editions of 550 and 99. A dealer describes another canvas as signed and numbered to 180, with 40 artist’s proofs and a certificate of authenticity.634

One auction record describes a print signed in pencil at lower right and numbered 570 of 950, with the original Mill Pond Press folio envelope fixed to the back of the frame.35

The publisher’s own history says each of its prints bears the artist’s personal approval, shown by the signature, and that its list also included open editions and posters.36

[publisher’s blind stamp, seal or chop not confirmed]

[issue prices for most of the prints on this site not confirmed]

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Sources

  1. Robert Bateman: biography and curriculum vitae. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  2. Unexpected Bateman: exhibition essay by Paul Crawford. Penticton Art Gallery. Read 13 November 2026.
  3. Fine Prints and Photography, lot 191: Robert Bateman, Winter Trackers – Coyote. Waddington’s (auction), 10 March 2015. Read 13 November 2026.
  4. Midnight - Black Wolf. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  5. Robert Bateman: Shadow of the Rainforest. Art Country Canada (dealer, Canmore, Alberta). Read 13 November 2026.
  6. Robert Bateman Presents "Midnight - Black Wolf". Art & Nature (dealer, Kirkland, Quebec). Read 13 November 2026.
  7. Robert Bateman (painter). Wikipedia. Read 13 November 2026.
  8. A Question of Prints. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site), 12 March 2012. Read 13 November 2026.
  9. Legacy Network. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  10. Celebrating Robert Bateman's 96th Birthday. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site), 24 May 2026. Read 13 November 2026.
  11. Discovery Art, lot 332: Robert Bateman, Pride of Autumn – Canada Goose. Waddington’s (auction), 17 November 2022. Read 13 November 2026.
  12. Robert Bateman: Pride of Autumn - Canada Goose. Art Country Canada (dealer, Canmore, Alberta). Read 13 November 2026.
  13. Pride of Autumn - Canada Goose. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  14. Robert Bateman: Midnight - Black Wolf. Art Country Canada (dealer, Canmore, Alberta). Read 13 November 2026.
  15. The Air, the Forest and the Watch. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  16. The Air, the Forest and the Watch: Premier Edition original lithograph. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  17. Robert Bateman: The Air, the Forest & the Watch. Art Country Canada (dealer, Canmore, Alberta). Read 13 November 2026.
  18. High Kingdom - Snow Leopard. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  19. Robert Bateman: High Kingdom - Snow Leopard. Art Country Canada (dealer, Canmore, Alberta). Read 13 November 2026.
  20. High Kingdom - Snow Leopard - Robert Bateman (Secondary Market Prints). Peninsula Art Gallery (dealer, Sidney, British Columbia). Read 13 November 2026.
  21. Siberian Tiger. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  22. Robert Bateman: Siberian Tiger. Art Country Canada (dealer, Canmore, Alberta). Read 13 November 2026.
  23. Siberian Tiger - Robert Bateman (Prints). Peninsula Art Gallery (dealer, Sidney, British Columbia). Read 13 November 2026.
  24. Through the Birches - White-tailed Deer. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  25. Robert Bateman Presents "White-Tailed Deer Through the Birches". Art & Nature (dealer, Kirkland, Quebec). Read 13 November 2026.
  26. Ready for the Hunt - Snowy Owl. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  27. Robert Bateman: Ready for the Hunt - Snowy Owl. Art Country Canada (dealer, Canmore, Alberta). Read 13 November 2026.
  28. Giant Panda. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  29. Robert Bateman: Giant Panda. Art Country Canada (dealer, Canmore, Alberta). Read 13 November 2026.
  30. Shadow of the Rainforest - Black Jaguar. robertbateman.ca (the artist’s official site). Read 13 November 2026.
  31. Robert Bateman Presents "The Predator Portfolio". Art & Nature (dealer, Kirkland, Quebec). Read 13 November 2026.
  32. Robert Bateman Presents "Wolf" Predator Portfolio. Art & Nature (dealer, Kirkland, Quebec). Read 13 November 2026.
  33. The Original Lithographs of Robert Bateman: catalog. ArtUSA (dealer). Read 13 November 2026.
  34. Robert Bateman Renaissance Collection Canvas Giclee: Lily Pads and Loon. Gallery Direct Art. Read 13 November 2026.
  35. Lot 1276: Robert Bateman, Two Bull Elephants Fighting. Burchard Galleries (auction), 17 May 2015. Read 13 November 2026.
  36. The History and Philosophy of Mill Pond Press (archived CD-ROM text file). Mill Pond Press (text archived on discmaster.textfiles.com). Read 13 November 2026.