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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L'ORACLE

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: October 4, 1990

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Composition, 1969

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1969

Sale Date: October 2, 1990

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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: September 25, 1990

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DEUX MILLE CARREAUX, 1971–1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

DEUX MILLE CARREAUX, 1971–1971

Sale Date: September 25, 1990

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LES OISEAUX, 1952–1952

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

LES OISEAUX, 1952–1952

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Souterrain, 1948–1948

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Souterrain, 1948–1948

Sale Date: June 28, 1990

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LE SATELITE (LES FUSEES), 1956–1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

LE SATELITE (LES FUSEES), 1956–1956

Sale Date: June 28, 1990

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DEUX MILLE CARREAUX (LA VILLE), 1971–1971

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

DEUX MILLE CARREAUX (LA VILLE), 1971–1971

Sale Date: June 25, 1990

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LE JARDIN

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

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Composition

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: June 21, 1990

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LE FLEUVE 1959., 1959–1959

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

LE FLEUVE 1959., 1959–1959

Sale Date: June 22, 1990

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LA FALAISE

After Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: June 21, 1990

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LA VILLE

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: June 21, 1990

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Matines, 1970–1970

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Matines, 1970–1970

Sale Date: June 18, 1990

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Paris la nuit, 1951–1951

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Paris la nuit, 1951–1951

Sale Date: June 17, 1990

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L'ATELIER, 1948–1948

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

L'ATELIER, 1948–1948

Sale Date: June 16, 1990

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VERRIERE, 1979–1979

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

VERRIERE, 1979–1979

Sale Date: June 12, 1990

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Bibliothèque (jaune), 1960–1960

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Bibliothèque (jaune), 1960–1960

Sale Date: June 9, 1990

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LA DANSE, 1948–1948

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

LA DANSE, 1948–1948

Sale Date: May 30, 1990

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LA VILLE, 1966–1966

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

LA VILLE, 1966–1966

Sale Date: May 30, 1990

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INTERIEUR D'ATELIER OU UNE RUE DE PARIS, 1956–1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

INTERIEUR D'ATELIER OU UNE RUE DE PARIS, 1956–1956

Sale Date: May 24, 1990

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Untitled, 1950–1950

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1950–1950

Sale Date: May 24, 1990

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Composition

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: May 23, 1990

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Composition, 1958–1958

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1958–1958

Sale Date: May 16, 1990

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