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, 1959–1960

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1959–1960

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Les élégies majeures (2 works), 1978

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Les élégies majeures (2 works), 1978

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Composition, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1980

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Grotte, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Faïence (+ Plombs; 2 works), 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Faïence (+ Plombs; 2 works), 1971

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La foule, 1967–1968

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La foule, 1967–1968

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Carte marine, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Carte marine, 1959

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Sans titre (Paysage), 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre (Paysage), 1959

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Sans titre (Paysage), 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre (Paysage), 1959

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Sans-titre (recto-verso), 1978

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans-titre (recto-verso), 1978

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Sans titre (+ another; 2 works), 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre (+ another; 2 works), 1961

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Danseuses bleues (Danse II), 1949

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Danseuses bleues (Danse II), 1949

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Giocoso, 1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Giocoso, 1974

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Terrasse ensoleillée, 1952

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Terrasse ensoleillée, 1952

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Intérieur ou Composition, 1951

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Intérieur ou Composition, 1951

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La bibliothèque, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La bibliothèque, 1959

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La bibliothèque, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La bibliothèque, 1959

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Sans titre, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1959

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Kô et kô, les deux Esquimaux (bk w/12 works..., 1933

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Kô et kô, les deux Esquimaux (bk w/12 works..., 1933

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Ohne Titel (Abstrakte Komposition)

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Ohne Titel (Abstrakte Komposition)

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Sans titre, 1987

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1987

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Claustra gris, 1984

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Claustra gris, 1984

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Atlantide, 1973–1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Atlantide, 1973–1974

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Les troglodytes, 1957–1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Les troglodytes, 1957–1959

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