{"product_id":"nathan-oliveira-9780520231016","title":"Nathan Oliveira","description":"\u003cp\u003eNathan Oliveiras (1928--2010) passion for continuing an inner-directed artistic tradition attached to the human subject persisted throughout his more than forty years as a painter and master printmaker. His art represents an ongoing dialogue with artists from Rembrandt to Goya to Munch  Beckmann  Giacometti  and de Kooning--whom he recognized for their insights into the human condition. The human touch  so often absent in contemporary work  is distinct in Oliveiras art. His paintings and monotypes bear the mark of his brush in the tactile quality of the paint and the unique printed surfaces of his monotypes. He lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area  where he was professor emeritus of art at Stanford University  Oliveira is widely regarded as a key figure in American art  and his paintings  monoprints  drawings  watercolors  and sculpture have attracted an international audience. This book is the most comprehensive study to date of Oliveiras career as artist and teacher. Generously illustrated with 172 images  more than 100 in color  and including valuable  previously unpublished biographical and bibliographical information  Nathan Oliveira accompanied the major traveling exhibition of the same name.  Peter Selzs authoritative text weaves key moments in Oliveiras professional life together with compelling readings of the paintings themselves. Selz  who curated the exhibition  succeeds brilliantly in establishing a sense of where Oliveira came from  what inspired him  and how he thought of himself as an artist. Selz discusses Oliveiras beginnings as the son of Portuguese immigrants  his early exposure to Bay Area artists  and his formative experience of studying with Max Beckmann. Selz also traces the artists affinity to his older contemporaries  his search for an expressive relationship between form and space that found resonance in presentation of the single figure  and the exhibitions and collaborations that shaped his career.  Susan Landauers introduction provides an overview of the artists work  while Joann Moser considers Oliveiras prints and drawings. Gary Carsons chronology  bibliography  and list of Oliveiras solo exhibitions complete this landmark publication  which fills an important gap in bringing Oliveiras powerful paintings and prints to the attention of a much larger public.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280084459573,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520231015","price":84.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520231016.jpg?v=1780619922","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/nathan-oliveira-9780520231016","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}