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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Atlantide, 1973–1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Atlantide, 1973–1974

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Composition (+ 11 others; 12 works)

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition (+ 11 others; 12 works)

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Bleue, blanche, noire, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Bleue, blanche, noire, 1971

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Morges (Fond bistre), 1975

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Morges (Fond bistre), 1975

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Verte, 1959

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Azteque (Tumulus), 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Azteque (Tumulus), 1971

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Sept portraits (album w/7 works and text by..., 1975

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sept portraits (album w/7 works and text by..., 1975

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Transylvanie, 1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Transylvanie, 1974

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Composition, bibliothèque de René Char

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, bibliothèque de René Char

Sale Date: June 22, 2011

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La bibliothèque humoristique, 1973–1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La bibliothèque humoristique, 1973–1974

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Variation sur un thème, 1975

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Variation sur un thème, 1975

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Marine, 1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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La Bibliothèque, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La Bibliothèque, 1959

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Sin título

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Abstrakte Komposition, 1957

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Abstrakte Komposition, 1957

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Le cheval fou, oct, 1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le cheval fou, oct, 1974

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Petite folie, 1979

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Petite folie, 1979

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Chapelle dans la ville bleue, 1975

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Chapelle dans la ville bleue, 1975

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Rio, 1946

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Sans titre, 1977

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1977

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Sans titre, 1955

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1955

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Sans titre

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Paysage d'hiver, 1954

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Paysage d'hiver, 1954

Sale Date: May 30, 2011

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L'Inclemence lointaine (bk w/25 works and text...

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L'Inclemence lointaine (bk w/25 works and text...

Sale Date: May 9, 2011

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