American painter David Park (1911-1960) was a pioneer of the Bay Area Figurative School of painting during the 1950s.
David Park was part of the post-World War II alumnae of the San Francisco Art Institute which was called the California School of Fine Arts at the time.
He revived an interest in figurative art, at first experimenting with still-abstracted forms that relied on color for their impact, dynamics and warmth.