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, 1977

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1977

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Le zoo, 1949

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: October 14, 2010

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Untitled (from La mysticite charnelle), 1976

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled (from La mysticite charnelle), 1976

Sale Date: September 30, 2010

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Untitled (from The flight)

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled (from The flight)

Sale Date: September 17, 2010

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Claustra gris, 1984

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Claustra gris, 1984

Sale Date: September 13, 2010

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Le village, 1955

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le village, 1955

Sale Date: September 27, 2010

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Claustra gris, 1984

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Claustra gris, 1984

Sale Date: August 24, 2010

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Eclaircie, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Eclaircie, 1961

Sale Date: July 4, 2010

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Ailleurs, 1947–1948

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Ailleurs, 1947–1948

Sale Date: July 4, 2010

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Untitled, 1953

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1953

Sale Date: June 30, 2010

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Un été de sel, 1988

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Un été de sel, 1988

Sale Date: June 21, 2010

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L'éclair, 1965

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L'éclair, 1965

Sale Date: June 21, 2010

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Grottes, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Grottes, 1971

Sale Date: June 21, 2010

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Atlantide, 1973–1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Atlantide, 1973–1974

Sale Date: June 21, 2010

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Untitled, 1984–1987

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1984–1987

Sale Date: June 29, 2010

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Untitled

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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La bibliothèque, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La bibliothèque, 1959

Sale Date: June 12, 2010

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Le Petit ramoneur

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le Petit ramoneur

Sale Date: June 7, 2010

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Sans titre, 1960

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1960

Sale Date: June 7, 2010

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Atlantide, 1973–1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Atlantide, 1973–1974

Sale Date: June 15, 2010

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Les troglodytes, 1957–1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Les troglodytes, 1957–1959

Sale Date: June 15, 2010

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Grottes, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Grottes, 1971

Sale Date: June 12, 2010

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Éclats de fumée dans la campagne (bk by..., 1972

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Éclats de fumée dans la campagne (bk by..., 1972

Sale Date: May 31, 2010

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Rue des Quatre-Vents à Yevres, 1968

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Rue des Quatre-Vents à Yevres, 1968

Sale Date: May 27, 2010

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