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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Komposition, 1950

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Komposition, 1950

Sale Date: April 22, 2008

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Aztèque

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: April 21, 2008

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Pl. from l'Inclémence lointaine par René Char, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Pl. from l'Inclémence lointaine par René Char, 1961

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Pl. from l'Inclémence lointaine, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Pl. from l'Inclémence lointaine, 1961

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Pl. from l'Inclémence lointaine, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Pl. from l'Inclémence lointaine, 1961

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Pl. from l'Inclémence lointaine, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Pl. from l'Inclémence lointaine, 1961

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Les signes du Zodiaque, 1939

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Les signes du Zodiaque, 1939

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Composition en bleu, 1975

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition en bleu, 1975

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L'arbre en colère, 1970

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L'arbre en colère, 1970

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Plage ensoleillée, 1954

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Plage ensoleillée, 1954

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Sans titre, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1980

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Tableau historique, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Tableau historique, 1980

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Sans titre, 1975

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1975

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La bibliothèque, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La bibliothèque, 1959

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Morges, 1975

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Grottes, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Grottes, 1971

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Sans titre, 1977

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1977

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Sans titre, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1980

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Jardin, 1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Untitled (from The Flight portfolio)

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled (from The Flight portfolio)

Sale Date: March 19, 2008

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Sept portraits (bk by René Char w/7 works, folio)

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sept portraits (bk by René Char w/7 works, folio)

Sale Date: March 11, 2008

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Les digues inondées, 1954

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Les digues inondées, 1954

Sale Date: February 7, 2008

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Untitled, 1954

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1954

Sale Date: February 7, 2008

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Composition grise et jaune - Petite ville, 1957

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition grise et jaune - Petite ville, 1957

Sale Date: February 7, 2008

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