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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Composition

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Ohne Titel

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Sans titre

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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La bibliothèque, 1959

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La bibliothèque, 1959

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Grottes, 1971

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Grottes, 1971

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Sans titre, 1955

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1955

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Sans titre, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1961

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Hommage à Jacques Lassaigne, 1970

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Hommage à Jacques Lassaigne, 1970

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Caronia, 1963

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Caronia, 1963

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Untitled, 1957

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Untitled, 1957

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La fête, 1951

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La fête, 1951

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Buissons, 1967

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Buissons, 1967

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Faïence, 1971

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Faïence, 1971

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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

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La chambre

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Morges, 1975

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Sans titre, 1958

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1958

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Bibliothèque en feu (+ 3 others; 4 works), 1978

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Bibliothèque en feu (+ 3 others; 4 works), 1978

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Composition en gris foncé, 1960

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition en gris foncé, 1960

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Le village, 1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le village, 1980

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Sans titre

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Untitled, 1965

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1965

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Atlantide, 1973–1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Atlantide, 1973–1974

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La Bibliothèque, 1959–1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La Bibliothèque, 1959–1959

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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