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Raptor I
1986
60 x 52 x 1 1/8 in. (152.4 x 132.08 x 2.86 cm)
Nathan Oliveira (Oakland, California, 1928 - 2010, Palo Alto, California)
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October 3, 2004 - February 13, 2005, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.
Juicy Paint, December 22, 2009 -May 30, 2010, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years (2004-2005)
Although the human figure has dominated Nathan Oliveira’s work throughout his prolific career, he has maintained a parallel interest in wildlife since the 1970s. Positioned centrally on the canvas, the raptor appears perched on a limb, rendered with a few efficient, strokes of the brush. In the background, color and gesture sweep across the surface with elegant rhythm, though Oliveira omits distracting detail in an attempt to obscure time and place, emphasizing the magnificence of the bird itself.
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Raptor I
Painting
198660 x 52 x 1 1/8 in. (152.4 x 132.08 x 2.86 cm)
Nathan Oliveira (Oakland, California, 1928 - 2010, Palo Alto, California)
Object Type: Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Deedee and Burton McMurtry, in honor of the San Jose Museum of Art's 35th anniversary
Accession Number: 2004.10
Exhibition
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October 3, 2004 - February 13, 2005, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.
Juicy Paint, December 22, 2009 -May 30, 2010, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
SJMA Label Text
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years (2004-2005)
Although the human figure has dominated Nathan Oliveira’s work throughout his prolific career, he has maintained a parallel interest in wildlife since the 1970s. Positioned centrally on the canvas, the raptor appears perched on a limb, rendered with a few efficient, strokes of the brush. In the background, color and gesture sweep across the surface with elegant rhythm, though Oliveira omits distracting detail in an attempt to obscure time and place, emphasizing the magnificence of the bird itself.
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 60 x 52 x 1 1/8 in. (152.4 x 132.08 x 2.86 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references: - Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 2004
Page Number: 168-169
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