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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Sans titre, 1978

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1978

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La bibliothèque, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La bibliothèque, 1959

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Sans titre, 1960

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1960

Sale Date: April 17, 2011

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Les troglodytes

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Les troglodytes

Sale Date: March 26, 2011

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Komposisjon, 1979

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Komposisjon, 1979

Sale Date: March 29, 2011

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Labyrinthe, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Labyrinthe, 1959

Sale Date: March 7, 2011

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Fronton, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Fronton, 1971

Sale Date: March 7, 2011

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La ville, 1966

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La ville, 1966

Sale Date: March 7, 2011

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L'équité, 1966

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L'équité, 1966

Sale Date: February 16, 2011

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Conséquences contradictoires, 1964–1967

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Conséquences contradictoires, 1964–1967

Sale Date: February 16, 2011

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Untitled, 1958

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1958

Sale Date: February 17, 2011

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Personnages dans un intérieur (People in an..., 1939

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Personnages dans un intérieur (People in an..., 1939

Sale Date: February 17, 2011

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Le vent (The wind), 1953

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le vent (The wind), 1953

Sale Date: February 17, 2011

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Untitled, 1970

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: February 16, 2011

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Composition, 1962

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1962

Sale Date: December 12, 2010

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Les sirènes, 1942

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Les sirènes, 1942

Sale Date: December 12, 2010

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Composition, 1955

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1955

Sale Date: December 10, 2010

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

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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

Sale Date: December 1, 2010

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Sans titre, 1966

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1966

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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Sans titre, 1952–1953

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1952–1953

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L’issue lumineuse, 1983–1986

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L’issue lumineuse, 1983–1986

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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La maison d'Hercule, 1965

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La maison d'Hercule, 1965

Sale Date: December 7, 2010

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Un été de sel, 1988

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Un été de sel, 1988

Sale Date: December 1, 2010

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Sans titre, 1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1956

Sale Date: December 1, 2010

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