Oral history interview with Nathan Oliveira
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels and 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 39 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Albright, Ivan, 1897-1983
label: Names
content: Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950
label: Names
content: Bengston, Billy Al
label: Names
content: Boyle, Keith
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
label: Names
content: Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993
label: Names
content: Jackson, Martha Kellogg, 1907-1969
label: Names
content: Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists' models
label: Topic
content: Figurative art
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Artists' models -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nathan Oliveira (1928-2010) was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor from Stanford, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 92 Pages (Transcript, 1978-1980 sessions)
label: Extent
content: 28 Pages (Transcript 1981 session)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 Aug. 9-1981 Dec. 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.olivei78
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 1978-1980 session transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Nathan Oliveira conducted 1978 Aug. 9-1981 Dec. 29, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Oliveira speaks of his family background and ancestry; his childhood; his education; the development of his interest in art; working as a bookbinder; his inspirations from the old masters; studying with Max Beckmann and Otis Oldfield; his U.S. Army service; working with Richard Diebenkorn; getting established in galleries as a printmaker; teaching printmaking; his European travels; living in Illinois and its effect on his career; moving to California; and meeting and working with Martha Jackson. He recalls Billy Al Bengston, Ivan Albright, and Willem de Kooning, and discusses de Kooning's influence on him.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Oliveira also speaks of subject matter in his paintings, and his departure from and his later return to the human figure; the relationship between artist and model; the importance and persistence of the figurative tradition in American art; artists he admires. He recalls Keith Boyle and Frank Lobdell.