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Nathan Oliveira (American, 1928)
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Nathan Oliveira
Head 1990
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Nathan Oliveira
Nude Standing on a Rock 2005
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Nathan Oliveira
Santa Fe Nude #1 1999
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Nathan Oliveira
The Walkers 2004
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Biography |
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1928 |
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Born: Oakland, CA |
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1950 |
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Mills College, Oakland, CA |
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1951 |
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BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
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1952 |
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MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
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1952 - 1953 |
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Teacher, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
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1955 - 1956 |
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Teacher, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
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1957 |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant |
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1958 |
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John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship |
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1974 |
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Artist Grant-National Endowment for the Arts |
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1988 |
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Endowed Chair-Ann O'Day Maples Prof. in the Arts, Stanford, CA |
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1994 |
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Elected Fellow-American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, MA |
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1964 - 1996 |
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Teacher, Studio Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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Exhibitions |
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2005 |
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DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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“Contemporary Prints,” National Academy Museum, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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“Oil Paintings and recent monotypes,” Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC |
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2003 |
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“Solitary Shape Figure Watercolors,” Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX |
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2003 |
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Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC (solo) |
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2002 |
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The Art of Nathan Oliveira, retrospective, San Jose Museum of Art, guest curated by Peter Selz. Traveling to: Neuberger Museum of Art, Puchase College, State University of New York; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA; Orange Count Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (solo) |
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2002 |
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“Nude Watercolors,” University of Southern Oregon |
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2001 |
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“Singular,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2001 |
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Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC (solo) |
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1998 |
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Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC (solo) |
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1998 |
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“Prints/Copperplate Figures,” Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA |
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1998 |
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“Centennial Exhibition 1989 – 1998,” American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY |
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1997 |
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“Important Bay Area Paintings, 1954-1960,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco |
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1997 |
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Variations in Time/ Nathan Olivera/ Monotypes and Monoprints, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Singular Impressions, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |
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1996 |
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Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC (solo) |
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1995 |
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Nathan Oliveira: The Windhover, Dedicated to Gerard Manley Hopkins, Stanford University, Standford,CA; traveling to Pepperdine University, Malibu,CA (solo) |
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1993 |
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
Works on Paper by Nathan Oliveira-Gifts from the John Young Collection, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, HI |
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1992 |
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Nathan Oliveira: Figurative Work 1958-92, The Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College Moraga, CA |
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1991 |
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Nathan Oliveira Painting & Works on Paper, 1959-1991, Salander O'Reilly Galleries New York, NY
American Realism and Figurative Art: 1952-1990, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan; traveling to Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan; Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan; Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan; Kochi Prefectural Museum of Folk Art, Kochi, Japan |
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1989 |
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Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco (traveled) |
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1989 |
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Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950 - 1965, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; traveled to Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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1986 |
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Autunno in Toscana 1986, Recent Monotypes, Il Bisonte Galleria d'Arte Florence, Italy
Public and Private: American Prints Today, The Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY |
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1985 |
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Contemporary American Monotypes, The Chrysler Museum Norfolk, VA |
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1984 |
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Nathan Oliveira: A Survey Exhibition, 1957 - 83, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA: traveling to Laguna Beach Museum of Art, CA; Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE; Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. Catalogue (solo) |
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1981 |
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Contemporary American Prints and Drawings 1940-80, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC |
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1980 |
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Nathan Oliveira: Swiss Sites Series, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA (solo)
Nathan Oliveira Print Retrospective: 1949-1980, The Art Museum and Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA; traveling to Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA; University Art Collections, Matthews Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL; University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Albany, NY; Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Catalogue (solo)
FIAC 79, Grand Palais Paris, France
The Painterly Print, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; traveling to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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1977 |
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Perceptions of the Spirit in Twentieth-Century American Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana; traveled to University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA; Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonia, TX; Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio. Catalogue |
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1976 |
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Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA |
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1973 |
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Nathan Oliveira: Recent Works on Paper, Linda Farris Gallery Seattle, WA |
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1969 |
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Watercolors, Picadilly Gallery London, The United Kingdom
1969 Nathan Oliveira: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Ca |
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1968 |
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The Humanist Tradition in Contemporary American Painting, New School Art Center, New York, NY; catalogue |
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1967 |
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1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, , Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY |
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1965 |
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Ten Years of Printmaking, San Francisco Museum of Art Sa Francisco, CA |
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1964 |
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Contemporary Sculptors and Painters as Printmakers, The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Nieuwe Realisten ( New Realism ), Haags Germeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands |
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1963 |
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Major Comprehensive Exhibition of Five Years Work, Nathan Oliveira, San Francisco Museum of Art San Francisco, CA |
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1962 |
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Recent Painting U.S.A.: The Figure, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY: traveling to Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; San Francisco, CA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; catalogue |
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1961 |
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Nathan Oliveira: Paintings and Drawings, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (solo) |
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1959 |
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New Image of Man, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Paul Kantor Gallery Beverly Hills, CA |
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Literature |
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2002 |
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'Nathan Oliveira', by Peter Selz. With an introduction by Susan Landauer and essay by Joann Moser, University of California Press |
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