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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La bibliothèque, 1966–1966

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La bibliothèque, 1966–1966

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Le vent, 1953–1953

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le vent, 1953–1953

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Peinture, 1954–1954

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Peinture, 1954–1954

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Untitled, 1961–1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1961–1961

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Untitled, 1961–1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1961–1961

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La bibliothèque, 1959–1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La bibliothèque, 1959–1959

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Sans titre, 1963–1963

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1963–1963

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Un été de sel, 1988–1988

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Un été de sel, 1988–1988

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Bleue, blanche, noire, 1971–1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Bleue, blanche, noire, 1971–1971

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Élégie pour Georges Pompidou, 1978–1978

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Élégie pour Georges Pompidou, 1978–1978

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La promenade, 1967–1967

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La promenade, 1967–1967

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Dislocation du labyrinthe, 1982–1982

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Dislocation du labyrinthe, 1982–1982

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La foule, 1967–1968

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La foule, 1967–1968

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Paysage, 1955–1955

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Paysage, 1955–1955

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Marie-Cathérine et puis voilà

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Marie-Cathérine et puis voilà

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Silves, 1971–1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Silves, 1971–1971

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Les barrailles, 1957–1957

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Les barrailles, 1957–1957

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La ronde, 1942–1942

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La ronde, 1942–1942

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Minuit, 1961–1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Minuit, 1961–1961

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Paysage, 1956–1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Paysage, 1956–1956

Sale Date: May 20, 1998

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Carte marine (Paysage baroque), 1959–1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Carte marine (Paysage baroque), 1959–1959

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Malraux, celui qui vient

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Malraux, celui qui vient

Sale Date: May 12, 1998

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Komposition in schwarz

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Komposition in schwarz

Sale Date: May 7, 1998

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Transylvanie, 1974–1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Transylvanie, 1974–1974

Sale Date: April 25, 1998

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