Maria Helena Vieira Da Silva
(June 13, 1908 - March 6, 1992) |
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French Tachisme, American Abstract expressionism, and Surrealism Art Work
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Maria Helena Vieira Da Silva |
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Female |
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Lisbon, Portugal |
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Portuguese-French |
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June 13, 1908 |
| Death: |
March 6, 1992 |
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French Tachisme, American Abstract expressionism, and Surrealism |
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Painting
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Biography
Vieira da Silva was born on June 13, 1908 in Lisbon, Portugal. At the age of eleven she had begun seriously studying drawing and painting at that city's Academia de Belas-Artes. She studied painting, sculpture, drawing and textile designs.
By 1930 Vieira da Silva was exhibiting her paintings in Paris. Vieira da Silva lived and worked in Paris the rest of her life. Vieira da Silva received the French government's Grand Prix National des Arts in 1966. She was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1979. She died in Paris, France on March 6, 1992.
By the late 1950s Vieira da Silva was internationally known for her dense and complex compositions, influenced by the art of Paul Cezanne and the fragmented forms, spatial ambiguities, and restricted palette of cubism and abstract art. She is considered to be one of the most important Post-War abstract artists. |
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