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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Morges (Dessin bleu), 1975–1975

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Morges (Dessin bleu), 1975–1975

Sale Date: November 28, 2003

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L'enlèvement ou Le ravisseur

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L'enlèvement ou Le ravisseur

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Hommage à Jacques Lassaigne, 1970–1970

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Hommage à Jacques Lassaigne, 1970–1970

Sale Date: November 26, 2003

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Composition

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Composition

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Nutidsbild, 1948–1948

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Nutidsbild, 1948–1948

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Hommage à Jacques Lassaigne

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Hommage à Jacques Lassaigne

Sale Date: October 25, 2003

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Composition

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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L'éclair, 1965–1965

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L'éclair, 1965–1965

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Sans titre, 1953–1953

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1953–1953

Sale Date: October 22, 2003

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Le platon de Noël

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le platon de Noël

Sale Date: July 9, 2003

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Aztèque (Tumulus), 1971–1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Aztèque (Tumulus), 1971–1971

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La rue, 1953–1953

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La rue, 1953–1953

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La foule, 1967–1968

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La foule, 1967–1968

Sale Date: July 2, 2003

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Claustra gris, 1980–1980

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Claustra gris, 1980–1980

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Composition en gris foncé, 1960–1960

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition en gris foncé, 1960–1960

Sale Date: July 2, 2003

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Promenade en pays inconnu, 1958–1958

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Promenade en pays inconnu, 1958–1958

Sale Date: July 3, 2003

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Construction, 1968–1968

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Construction, 1968–1968

Sale Date: July 2, 2003

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Sans titre, 1956–1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1956–1956

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Untitled, 1976–1976

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1976–1976

Sale Date: June 27, 2003

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Échafaudage, 1954–1954

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Échafaudage, 1954–1954

Sale Date: June 26, 2003

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Sans titre

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: June 25, 2003

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Hommage à Lacques Lassaigne, 1970–1970

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Hommage à Lacques Lassaigne, 1970–1970

Sale Date: June 25, 2003

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Jardin de Lucie

After Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Jardin de Lucie

Sale Date: June 20, 2003

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