Nathan Oliveira

(American, 1928–2010)

Nathan Oliveira was an American artist and prominent member of the second generation of the Bay Area Figurative artists. Though he worked with a variety of media, subjects, and disciplines over the course of his long career, Oliveira is best remembered for the brilliantly colored figurative and landscape paintings he created while associated with the California movement. “For me, painting is that magical material, that beautiful stuff that was invented, the ground-up pigments in oil which makes it very malleable,” he had said. “It can be manipulated and changed, darkened, lightened, given different hues and colors, so that by manipulating this material somehow I can find that figure I'm looking for, that figure that represents all the issues I'm bringing up and addressing.” Oliveira's works retain a sense of Expressionist looseness and melancholy, inspired by his interest in the works of Willem de Kooning, Francis Bacon, and Edvard Munch. His work has been met with critical acclaim, receiving numerous honors such as a 1996 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute and a major retrospective in 2002, “The Art of Nathan Oliveira,” mounted by the San Jose Art Museum. The Windhover Contemplative Center, a structure completed in 2014 at Stanford University, permanently displays four of Oliveira's paintings. Born in Oakland, CA on December 19, 1928, he died on November 13, 2010 in Stanford, CA at the age 81.

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Nathan Oliveira (621 results)

Composite Head, 1972

Nathan Oliveira

Composite Head, 1972

Sale Date: June 16, 2013

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Studio corner, Paolo Alto, 1967

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Studio corner, Paolo Alto, 1967

Sale Date: June 7, 2013

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Seated Man in Yellow Chair, 1960

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Seated Man in Yellow Chair, 1960

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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London Site I, 1984

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London Site I, 1984

Sale Date: April 30, 2013

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Figure Three, 1982

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Figure Three, 1982

Sale Date: April 2, 2013

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Nude Stepping from the Carpet, 1962

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Nude Stepping from the Carpet, 1962

Sale Date: April 2, 2013

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Red Head, 1967

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Red Head, 1967

Sale Date: April 2, 2013

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Untitled, 1989

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Untitled, 1989

Sale Date: April 2, 2013

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Mona; To Edgar Allan Poe VII (2 works), 1952

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Mona; To Edgar Allan Poe VII (2 works), 1952

Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Untitled (Nude), 1965

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Untitled (Nude), 1965

Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Soldier, 1956–1957

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Soldier, 1956–1957

Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Bull, 1956

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Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Head One, 1982

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Head One, 1982

Sale Date: November 15, 2012

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Site Figure II, 1983

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Site Figure II, 1983

Sale Date: November 15, 2012

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Seated Woman, 1960

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Seated Woman, 1960

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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White lady, 1964

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White lady, 1964

Sale Date: October 7, 2012

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Seated Woman with Fur Collar, 1961

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Seated Woman with Fur Collar, 1961

Sale Date: October 3, 2012

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Seated Man with Wrap, 1958

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Seated Man with Wrap, 1958

Sale Date: October 3, 2012

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Allegorical Drawing #3 (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1960

Nathan Oliveira

Allegorical Drawing #3 (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1960

Sale Date: October 3, 2012

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Beauty and the Beast, 1964

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Beauty and the Beast, 1964

Sale Date: September 8, 2012

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Standing Figure, 1986

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Standing Figure, 1986

Sale Date: September 21, 2012

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Untitled, 1968

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Untitled, 1968

Sale Date: June 8, 2012

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Acoma hawk IV, 1975

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Acoma hawk IV, 1975

Sale Date: May 19, 2012

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Santa Fe nudes (#37, 42, and 78) (3 works), 1999

Nathan Oliveira

Santa Fe nudes (#37, 42, and 78) (3 works), 1999

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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