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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Untitled, 1958

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1958

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Composição 51, 1965

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composição 51, 1965

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A cidade cinzenta ou Ville grise, 1953

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

A cidade cinzenta ou Ville grise, 1953

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Terre de basse nuit, 1970

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Terre de basse nuit, 1970

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Sans titre, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1980

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Composition abstraite, 1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition abstraite, 1956

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Le cirque, 1933

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le cirque, 1933

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Morges (Fond bistre), 1975

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Morges (Fond bistre), 1975

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Bleu, blanche, noire, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Bleu, blanche, noire, 1971

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Sans titre (Paysage), 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre (Paysage), 1959

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Ermitages (Bleu tresse), 1971

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Ermitages (Bleu tresse), 1971

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Jardin, 1971

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Brune, 1962–1963

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Brune, 1962–1963

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Fronton

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Grottes, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Grottes, 1971

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Rio, 1946

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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L'inclémence lointaine (bk by René Char w/25 , 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L'inclémence lointaine (bk by René Char w/25 , 1961

Sale Date: March 28, 2012

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Petite folie

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: January 27, 2012

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L’inclémence lointaine (bk by René Char w/25 , 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L’inclémence lointaine (bk by René Char w/25 , 1961

Sale Date: November 23, 2011

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Transylvanie, 1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Transylvanie, 1974

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Verte, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Composition noire

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition noire

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Composition cubiste bleue, grise et noire, 1958

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition cubiste bleue, grise et noire, 1958

Sale Date: December 14, 2011

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Logogriphe, 1972

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Logogriphe, 1972

Sale Date: December 10, 2011

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