Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

(French/Portuguese, 1908–1992)

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva was a French-Portuguese painter. Noted for blurring the lines between representation and abstraction, Vieira da Silva’s paintings are produced in a limited palette. Her compositions often consist of checkerboard or grid patterns, layered on top of one another to create spaces reminiscent of interior rooms or aerial city views. Born on June 13, 1908 in Lisbon, Portugal, she moved to France at an early age where she was influenced stylistically and conceptually while studying under artists such as Fernand Léger, Émile Antoine Bourdelle, and Stanley William Hayter. To escape World War II, Vieira da Silva and her husband, the painter Arpad Szenes, fled to Rio de Janeiro, where she lived for seven years. After the war, she returned to Paris, where she remained for the rest of her life and received French citizenship in 1956. Her work, likened to both the mid-century Tachisme and Abstract Expressionism movements, has been critically celebrated throughout the world. The artist was a recipient of a prize at the São Paulo Art Biennial in 1961, and the Árpád Szenes-Vieira da Silva Foundation in Lisbon was built in 1994, a museum that houses a large portion of her works. She died on March 6, 1992 in Paris, France.

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Solar, 1973

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Entre le chemin et la nuit, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Entre le chemin et la nuit, 1961

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New York, 1955

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

New York, 1955

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Composition, 1951

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1951

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Jardin de Lucie, 1971

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Jardin de Lucie, 1971

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Composition, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1980

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Grottes, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Grottes, 1971

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Carte marine (Fond vert), 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Carte marine (Fond vert), 1959

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Morges (Dessin bleu), 1975

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Morges (Dessin bleu), 1975

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Bibliothèque jaune et Composition (2 works), 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Bibliothèque jaune et Composition (2 works), 1961

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Le Loiret, 1968

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Le Loiret, 1968

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Vitrail, 1973

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Vitrail, 1973

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Les Bons Quartiers, 1976

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Les Bons Quartiers, 1976

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Le Temps, 1969

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Le Temps, 1969

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Août, 1961

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Verte, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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La Bibliothèque, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La Bibliothèque, 1959

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Composition, 1972

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1972

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Ohne Titel (Paysage), 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Ohne Titel (Paysage), 1959

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Composition

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Transylvanie, 1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Transylvanie, 1974

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Composición

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Sem título

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Le métro, 1982

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le métro, 1982

Sale Date: July 21, 2012

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