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Nathan Oliveira (December 19, 1928 – November 13, 2010) 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 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 the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) in Oakland. Then, after serving as a visiting artist at several universities, he became a Professor of Studio Art at Stanford University. In 1999 Nathan Oliveira was awarded the Distinguished Degree of "Commander" in "The Order of the Infante D. Henrique," awarded by the President of Portugal and the Portuguese government, for his artistic and cultural achievements.〔Rogers, Diane (November/December, 2002) ("The Color of His Dreams" )''Stanford Magazine''〕 In 2002 "The Art of Nathan Oliveira," a major traveling retrospective of Oliveira's work, organized by the San Jose Museum of art, and guest curated by Peter Selz opened. The exhibition was accompanied by a monograph, "Nathan Oliveira," by Peter Selz with an introduction by Susan Landauer and essay by Joann Moser, published by the University of California Press.〔Marsha Mateyka Gallery ("Nathan Oliveira Biography" )〕 == Education and Teaching == Oliveira graduated from San Francisco's George Washington High School.〔Baker, Kenneth (November 19, 2010) ("Nathan Oliveira - Giant on Bay Area Art Scene." ) ''San Francisco Chronicle''.〕 He studied at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in Oakland where he earned a BFA in 1951 and an MFA in 1952. While attending CCA he took an eight-week summer course in painting at Mills College taught by the German Expressionist Max Beckmann. After graduation Oliveira taught art at several colleges, including the California College of the Arts, The California School of Fine Arts (now The San Francisco Art Institute) The University of Chicago, UCLA and Stanford University. * 1952–53 Printmaking Instructor, The California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA * 1952-53 Watercolor Instructor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA * 1955–56 Chair of Graphic Arts, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA * 1961-62 Visiting Professor in Painting, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL * 1962-63 Visiting Professor in Studio Art, University of California, Los Angeles, CA * 1963-64 Visiting Professor in Studio Art, Cornell University, Ithica, NY * 1964–96 Professor of Studio Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA During his Stanford years Oliveira held summer positions as a visiting artist in Colorado and Hawaii. Nathan Oliveira also served as a member of the Honorary Board of Humane Society Silicon Valley in Milpitas, California from 2007 until his death in 2010.〔Gottschalk, Mary (September 6, 2012) ("Humane Society Silicon Valley offers exhibit of Nathan Oliveira's paintings of his pets" )''San Jose Mercury News''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nathan Oliveira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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