Robert Bateman set to head to Russia for his first major European show
. Linda Crane and myself have been hired as publicists to promote Robert Bateman's first Russian traveling show. CP received our press release and decided to do a story. After 14 hours over 24 newsources used the story and/or picture Robert Bateman set to head to Russia for his first major European show By Victoria Ahearn (CP) – 23 hours ago TORONTO — Famed wildlife artist Robert Bateman is preparing for his first major European exhibition, a four-gallery tour in Russia that will highlight his passion for protecting nature. "I presume it's a feather in my cap," Bateman, 79, said Friday in a telephone interview from his home in Salt Spring Island, B.C. "Although I have been in a few art museums in Canada, often art museums in Canada turn up their nose at wildlife art so it's nice to be hanging under the same roof for example as Kandinsky." "Robert Bateman in Russia" will open at the Russian Museum's main building, Mikhailovsky Palace, in St.