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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Douro Valley VII, 1997

Nathan Oliveira

Douro Valley VII, 1997

Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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Mask, 1969

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Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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View from Pessoa's Window, 1998

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View from Pessoa's Window, 1998

Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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Baboon (Black), 1994

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Baboon (Black), 1994

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Plate 4, from Copper Plate Nudes II, 2001

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Plate 4, from Copper Plate Nudes II, 2001

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Smiling Man with Green Eyes, 1961

Nathan Oliveira

Smiling Man with Green Eyes, 1961

Sale Date: September 16, 2022

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Untitled from theWindhover

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Untitled from theWindhover" series, 1991

Sale Date: September 16, 2022

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Untitled from theWindhover

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Untitled from theWindhover" series, 1990

Sale Date: September 16, 2022

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#299 Seated Figure Grey Background, 1977, 1977

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#299 Seated Figure Grey Background, 1977, 1977

Sale Date: September 14, 2022

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Woman's Face, 1966

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Woman's Face, 1966

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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Cat Man, 1994

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Cat Man, 1994

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Sleeping Woman, 1962

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Sleeping Woman, 1962

Sale Date: July 17, 2022

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Girl Holding Rabbit, 1979

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Girl Holding Rabbit, 1979

Sale Date: July 17, 2022

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Revisted III, 1994

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Revisted III, 1994

Sale Date: July 17, 2022

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Revisted I, 1994

Nathan Oliveira

Revisted I, 1994

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Revisted IV, 1994

Nathan Oliveira

Revisted IV, 1994

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Revisted II, 1994

Nathan Oliveira

Revisted II, 1994

Sale Date: July 17, 2022

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Missing Link, 1998

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Missing Link, 1998

Sale Date: July 17, 2022

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Horse's Head, 1962

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Horse's Head, 1962

Sale Date: July 19, 2022

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Standing Figure, 2007

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Standing Figure, 2007

Sale Date: July 21, 2022

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Head Shot, 1957

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Head Shot, 1957

Sale Date: July 12, 2022

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Untitled (Head #1-69), 1968

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Untitled (Head #1-69), 1968

Sale Date: July 12, 2022

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Nathan Oliveira (American, 1928 - 2010) Baboon, 1957

Nathan Oliveira

Nathan Oliveira (American, 1928 - 2010) Baboon, 1957

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Torso II, 2004

Nathan Oliveira

Torso II, 2004

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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