Nathan Oliveira's guest appearances

Nathan Oliveira

KQED: Spark Art Video Podcast

Spark

Chris Natrop

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Joe Mangrum

Katherine Westerhout

Michael Arcega

Nikolas Weinstein

Gregory Gavin

Tracey Snelling

Lauren Shera

Anna Von Mertens

Lu Huan

Pamela Z

Pamina Traylor

Viola Frey

Shuji Ikeda

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For more than 30 years, internationally recognized painter Nathan Oliveira occupied a serene studio nestled in the foothills above Stanford University, where he taught for decades. Spark visited Oliveira where he created some of his most famous works.Oliveira is well-known as a major painter associated with a group of artists called the Bay Area Figurative School. Taking a cue from the abstract expressionist style that characterized East Coast painting in the postwar period, Oliveira and others used a thick, painterly style, but used it to represent rough, abstracted figures and landscapes.Editor's note: Nathan Oliveira passed away on November 13, 2010.

For more than 30 years, internationally recognized painter Nathan Oliveira occupied a serene studio nestled in the foothills above Stanford University, where he taught for decades. Spark visited Oliveira where he created some of his most famous works.<br><br>Oliveira is well-known as a major painter associated with a group of artists called the Bay Area Figurative School. Taking a cue from the abstract expressionist style that characterized East Coast painting in the postwar period, Oliveira and others used a thick, painterly style, but used it to represent rough, abstracted figures and landscapes.<br><br>Editor's note: Nathan Oliveira passed away on November 13, 2010.

Nathan Oliveira: Fine Art

Spark remembers Nathan Oliveira and his lifelong fascination with the painted surface. Original air date: February 2005.

Remembering Painter Nathan Oliveira