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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Faience, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Faience, 1971

Sale Date: December 8, 2009

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Ohne Titel

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: December 5, 2009

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Untitled (from La mysticite charnelle), 1976

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled (from La mysticite charnelle), 1976

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Sans titre, 1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1956

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Coup de vent, 1990

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Coup de vent, 1990

Sale Date: November 23, 2009

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Composition rouge, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition rouge, 1980

Sale Date: November 19, 2009

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Composition violette, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition violette, 1980

Sale Date: November 19, 2009

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Quer luz, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Quer luz, 1980

Sale Date: November 19, 2009

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Sans titre

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: October 30, 2009

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A la mémoire d'un ange II (CD cover for..., 1963

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

A la mémoire d'un ange II (CD cover for..., 1963

Sale Date: October 23, 2009

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Grottes, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Grottes, 1971

Sale Date: November 14, 2009

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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: October 21, 2009

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Brune, 1962–1963

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Brune, 1962–1963

Sale Date: September 26, 2009

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Elégie (bk by Senghor w/3 works), 1986

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Elégie (bk by Senghor w/3 works), 1986

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Sans titre, 1970

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1970

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Composition, 1963

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1963

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Composition, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1961

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A la mémoire d'un ange II, 1963

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

A la mémoire d'un ange II, 1963

Sale Date: July 6, 2009

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Composition aux fruits

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition aux fruits

Sale Date: July 6, 2009

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Claustra III

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Coup de vent

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: July 1, 2009

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Coup de vent, 1990

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Coup de vent, 1990

Sale Date: July 6, 2009

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Sans titre

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: June 29, 2009

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Un été de sel, 1988

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Un été de sel, 1988

Sale Date: June 29, 2009

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