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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Art

French, 1908-1922

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal. At the age of 11, she had begun seriously studying drawing and painting at that city's Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. In her teen years, she studied painting with Joseph Fernand Henri Léger, sculpture with Antoine Bourdelle, and engraving with Stanley William Hayter, all masters in their respective fields. Vieira da Silva also worked with Fauve artist Achille-Émile Othon Friesz. In 1928, Vieira da Silva left Lisbon to study sculpture in Paris but in 1929, she decided to focus on painting. By 1930, she was exhibiting her paintings in Paris that same year she married the Hungarian painter, Árpád Szenes. After a brief sojourn back in Lisbon and a period spent in Brazil during World War II (1940–47), Vieira da Silva lived and worked in Paris for the rest of her life. She adopted French citizenship in 1956. Vieira da Silva received the French government's Le Grand Prix National des Arts in 1966, the first woman to be honored with the coveted award. She was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1979. She died in Paris, France, on 6 March 1992. Her name sometimes appears written as Elena but the correct version, in Portuguese, is Helena.

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Artist: Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Carnaval
By Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1978 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 54/190 Catalog : [Schreiner 52] 32.50 cm. x 50.00 cm. 12.8 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 18.00 cm. x 23.00 cm. 7.09 in. x 9.06 in. (image) A beautiful lithograph where the arrangement of cubes, cones and circles, combined with a shifting perspective, show the research on space of the Portuguese artist...
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1970s Abstract Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Art

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Lithograph

La ville (Rivière 89), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
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Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Rivière, Yves. Vieira Da Silva Les Estampes...
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Lithograph

Goldoni, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série, XXXIXe Année, N° 48, Ju...
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1970s Modern Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Art

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Sans titre, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 7...
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1950s Modern Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Art

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Les piétons de Noël
By Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1978 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 350/400 Publisher : Galerie Ernst Beyeler, Bâle 34.00 cm. x 29.00 cm. 13.39 in. x 11.42 in. (paper) 23.00 cm. x 18.0...
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