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Nathan Oliveira

Nathan Oliveira

American, 1928–2010

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Nathan Oliveira was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor, born in Oakland, California to immigrant Portuguese parents. Since the late 1950s, Oliveira has been the subject of nearly one hundred solo exhibitions, in addition to having been included in hundreds of group exhibitions in important museums and galleries worldwide. He taught studio art for several decades in California, beginning in the early 1950s, when he taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. After serving as a Visiting Artist at several universities, he became a Professor of Studio Art at Stanford University.

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Works in Collection

17 works
Black Christ I

Black Christ I

Nathan Oliveira

1963

Black Christ II

Black Christ II

Nathan Oliveira

1963

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

Nathan Oliveira

1963

Head and Blue

Head and Blue

Nathan Oliveira

1963

Head and Shape I

Head and Shape I

Nathan Oliveira

1964

Homage to Carrière

Homage to Carrière

Nathan Oliveira

1963

Man Animal

Man Animal

Nathan Oliveira

1963

November 22, 1963

November 22, 1963

Nathan Oliveira

1963

Red Chief

Red Chief

Nathan Oliveira

1963

Spanish Woman

Spanish Woman

Nathan Oliveira

1964

Standing Man with Stick

Standing Man with Stick

Nathan Oliveira

1959

Variation on a Head I

Variation on a Head I

Nathan Oliveira

1964

Variation on a Head II

Variation on a Head II

Nathan Oliveira

1964

Variation on a Head III

Variation on a Head III

Nathan Oliveira

1964

Variation on a Head IV

Variation on a Head IV

Nathan Oliveira

1964

White Faced Owl I

White Faced Owl I

Nathan Oliveira

1964

White Lady

White Lady

Nathan Oliveira

1964

Exhibitions

5 exhibitions

Apr 02, 1959 – May 31, 1959

American Acquisitions: Recent Additions of Prints to the Museum Collection

36 artists · 1 curator

Sep 30, 1959 – Nov 29, 1959

New Images of Man

23 artists · 1 curator

Dec 19, 1961 – Feb 25, 1962

Recent Acquisitions

88 artists

May 23, 1962 – Aug 26, 1962

Recent Painting U.S.A.: The Figure

74 artists · 3 curators

Sep 15, 1964 – Oct 24, 1964

Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

92 artists · 1 curator