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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The theatre, 1963

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

The theatre, 1963

Sale Date: May 9, 1996

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Untitled, 1960–1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1960–1961

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Rua, 1968

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Façade de la cité

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Façade de la cité

Sale Date: April 17, 1996

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Le Soulenau Bleu, 1949

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Le Soulenau Bleu, 1949

Sale Date: April 14, 1996

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Sans titre, 1966

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1966

Sale Date: April 3, 1996

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Hiver à Lisbonne, 1958

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Hiver à Lisbonne, 1958

Sale Date: March 27, 1996

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Composición informalista, 1969

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composición informalista, 1969

Sale Date: March 20, 1996

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Composition, 1950

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Composition, 1950

Sale Date: March 19, 1996

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Les offices, 1978

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Les offices, 1978

Sale Date: January 31, 1996

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Sans titre, 1964

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1964

Sale Date: December 8, 1995

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Abstract line composition

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Abstract line composition

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Composition, 1953

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1953

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Composition, 1952

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1952

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Komposition

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Epitaph für Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Epitaph für Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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L'inclémence lointaine, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L'inclémence lointaine, 1961

Sale Date: December 1, 1995

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Huit poèmes, 1953

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Huit poèmes, 1953

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Untitled, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1961

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Salva terra, 1957

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Salva terra, 1957

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Untitled, 1952

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1952

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Untitled, 1950

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1950

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Untitled

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: November 15, 1995

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Untitled

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: November 15, 1995

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