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.

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Artworks

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Untitled, 1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1956

Sale Date: December 1, 1988

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Les oiseaux, 1952

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Les oiseaux, 1952

Sale Date: November 16, 1988

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Composition, ville, 1947

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, ville, 1947

Sale Date: November 16, 1988

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Untitled, 1940

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1940

Sale Date: November 15, 1988

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Untitled, 1957–1957

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1957–1957

Sale Date: June 30, 1988

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Entre la nuit et le chemin, 1961–1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Entre la nuit et le chemin, 1961–1961

Sale Date: June 30, 1988

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Peinture, 1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Peinture, 1956

Sale Date: June 30, 1988

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Untitled, 1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Untitled, 1956

Sale Date: June 30, 1988

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FIGURES IN AN INTERIOR, 1939–1939

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

FIGURES IN AN INTERIOR, 1939–1939

Sale Date: May 12, 1988

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LE JARDIN, 1958–1958

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

LE JARDIN, 1958–1958

Sale Date: May 12, 1988

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Hill-side, 1962–1962

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Hill-side, 1962–1962

Sale Date: May 3, 1988

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LES CENT PAS, 1965–1965

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

LES CENT PAS, 1965–1965

Sale Date: February 19, 1988

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Ronda, 1961

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: December 3, 1987

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Composition (le rêve), 1949

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition (le rêve), 1949

Sale Date: December 3, 1987

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LES IRRESOLUTIONS RESOLUS, 1969–1969

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

LES IRRESOLUTIONS RESOLUS, 1969–1969

Sale Date: October 22, 1987

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Untitled

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: October 22, 1987

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Sans titre, 1956–1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sans titre, 1956–1956

Sale Date: October 22, 1987

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Combat, 1951–1951

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Combat, 1951–1951

Sale Date: July 3, 1987

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Ville, 1956–1956

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Ville, 1956–1956

Sale Date: July 3, 1987

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La moisson, 1950–1950

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

La moisson, 1950–1950

Sale Date: July 2, 1987

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Le port le soir, 1952–1952

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le port le soir, 1952–1952

Sale Date: May 20, 1987

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Composition, 1974–1974

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Composition, 1974–1974

Sale Date: May 20, 1987

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Untitled

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Sale Date: March 31, 1987

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Le martinet, 1964

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Le martinet, 1964

Sale Date: October 22, 1986

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