Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman
| Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman 30 November 1947 Perth, Western Australia |
| Died | 4 September 2015 (aged 67) At sea near Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Landscape expressionism |
Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman, also known as Piers Bateman, (born 30 November 1947), was an Australian landscape painter. He was a sympathiser of The Antipodeans, a group of Melbourne painters that also included Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, Charles Blackman, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval and Clifton Pugh. He taught as a Professor for painting at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art under Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Piers reportedly died in a boating accident Friday September 4, 2015.
At the age of nine Bateman moved with his family to Victoria and grew up in the bohemian art community of Eltham, Victoria. Eltham is well known for its connection with Australian artists such as David Boyd, Arthur Boyd, John Perceval, Albert Tucker, Neil Douglas, Matcham Skipper and Clifton Pugh among many others. In 1966 Bateman left Australia for London where he commenced painting receiving encouragement from notable Australian artists David and Arthur Boyd.
On returning to Australia in 1968 Bateman was offered his first major exhibition at the newly opened Munster Arms Gallery. This exhibition received a warm response from the Melbourne Herald art critic Allan McCulloch. The resulting sales enabled the young Bateman to buy 30 acres of bush at St. Andrews on the outskirts of Melbourne, where he built a studio of mud brick. This bush setting exerted a powerful influence on his work.
In the immediate following years he often visited the waterfront areas of Williamstown, Port Melbourne and Mornington, painting and developing a fascination for the sea. A painting from this time "Scallop Boats Mornington" was purchased by the Reserve Bank of Australia for its permanent collection.
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