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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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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L'Inclémence lointaine, 1961–1961

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L'Inclémence lointaine, 1961–1961

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Le paysage de neige, 1958–1958

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Le paysage de neige, 1958–1958

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Mur violet, 1963–1963

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Mur violet, 1963–1963

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Composition, 1956–1956

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Composition, 1956–1956

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Composition abstraite

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Composition abstraite

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Un été de sel, 1988

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Un été de sel, 1988

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Oiseaux, 1940

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Oiseaux, 1940

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Illustation pour Rosa Rosae, 1958

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Illustation pour Rosa Rosae, 1958

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Rosas, 1958

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Carnaval rouge, 1950

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Carnaval rouge, 1950

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Lisbonne-Ville, 1958

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Lisbonne-Ville, 1958

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Loin d'ici, 1958

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Loin d'ici, 1958

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Untitled, 1956

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Untitled, 1956

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Les barricades, 1968

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Les barricades, 1968

Sale Date: June 26, 1997

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Málaga, 1969

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Málaga, 1969

Sale Date: June 26, 1997

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Nocturne (Ville dans la nuit), 1950

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Nocturne (Ville dans la nuit), 1950

Sale Date: June 25, 1997

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Deux mille carreaux, 1971

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Deux mille carreaux, 1971

Sale Date: June 23, 1997

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Sans titre

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: June 23, 1997

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Paris la nuit, 1951

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Paris la nuit, 1951

Sale Date: June 19, 1997

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Composition

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Et Puis Voila

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Et Puis Voila

Sale Date: June 19, 1997

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Abstract line composition

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Abstract line composition

Sale Date: June 4, 1997

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La bibliothèque, 1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La bibliothèque, 1959

Sale Date: June 2, 1997

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