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Michael Pauker Nude Paintings

American, b. 1957

Inspired by Abstract Expressionism and driven by deep curiosity, artist Michael Pauker has created an expansive oeuvre that is inclusive of abstract and figurative paintings, landscapes, sculptures, prints and collages constructed with scraps of aging historical documents, watercolor paints and found objects.

“As an artist, I am not a one-trick pony,” he has said. “Some artists find success doing one thing and stick just with it. But my curiosity is omnivorous. I’m driven by images I’ve never seen before, both abstract and figurative.”

Born in 1957 in New York, Pauker knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned his BFA from the State University of New York (SUNY), then in 1989, completed his MFA at Mills College (now Mills College at Northeastern University) in Oakland where he was awarded the City of Oakland Fellowship in Painting.

Since 1988, Pauker has lived and worked in the Bay Area, teaching art in various venues such as schools, colleges and institutions including the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, the state’s prison hospital, for several years. When he isn’t teaching, Pauker focuses on creating art — the mediums of which can change by the moment. 

While he works in oil on canvas for most of his paintings, Pauker is also known for his “Miniature Collage” series. He has worked on this series for more than a decade. Other works include abstract drawings and figurative watercolors blended with collages of vintage paper, stamps and found objects — his Oesterreich II is an example of the latter.

Pauker has exhibited widely across the United States, Japan and Costa Rica, and his works are held in the public collections of many institutions including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

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Artist: Michael Pauker
Reclining Nude with Tree, Contemporary Figurative Interior Scene in Red Room
Reclining Nude with Tree, Contemporary Figurative Interior Scene in Red Room

Michael PaukerReclining Nude with Tree, Contemporary Figurative Interior Scene in Red Room, c.2000s

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Reclining Nude with Tree, Contemporary Figurative Interior Scene in Red Room

By Michael Pauker

Located in Soquel, CA

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Nude Paintings

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"The Sea Beach at Ebb Tide", Contemporary Surreal Nude Figural Landscape
"The Sea Beach at Ebb Tide", Contemporary Surreal Nude Figural Landscape

Michael Pauker"The Sea Beach at Ebb Tide", Contemporary Surreal Nude Figural Landscape, 2014

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"The Sea Beach at Ebb Tide", Contemporary Surreal Nude Figural Landscape

By Michael Pauker

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Contemporary surreal figural abstract painting of three nude figures in various poses in an abstracted beach landscape with three faces in the foreground, one of which is red, by Bay...

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2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Nude Paintings

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Garden of Eden, Surrealist Figurative Springtime Abstract with Flower
Garden of Eden, Surrealist Figurative Springtime Abstract with Flower

Michael PaukerGarden of Eden, Surrealist Figurative Springtime Abstract with Flower, 1978

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Bay area figurative movement painting of the Archangel looking at Adam and Eve and the serpent standing near the Tree of Knowledge (Life), being expelled from the Garden of Eden; and...

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Figures on the Beach with Sculpture, Contemporary Surreal Figural Landscape
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Figures on the Beach with Sculpture, Contemporary Surreal Figural Landscape

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Dark storm clouds loom over a surreal, desolate beach landscape, which is populated by several male figures in different states of being, in this contemplative symbolic contemporary painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), circa 2013-2014. In the left foreground we see part of a bearded man's face, as if witnessing this scene with the viewer. Next a male figure in bright red bathing suit faces the ocean, his back to the viewer, while a more distant nude male at three quarter view points down at something in the sand. Finally, on the right appears the bearded man as a classical sculpture bust on a pedestal...

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Three Nudes, Contemporary Figurative Interior Scene with Red Wallpaper
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Michael PaukerThree Nudes, Contemporary Figurative Interior Scene with Red Wallpaper, c.2000s

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