biography of Maria Elena VIEIRA DA SILVA (1908-1992)
Personal data
Birth : 06/13/1908 - Lisbon, Portugal
Death : 1992 - Paris, France
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : France - Portugal
Family relations
Wife of Arpad SZENES [ 1897-1985 ]Education
Has frequented the studio of Henry DE WAROQUIER [ 1881-1970 ]
Has frequented the studio of Fernand LÉGER 费尔南‧雷杰 [ 1881-1955 ]
Has frequented the studio of Emile Othon FRIESZ [ 1879-1949 ]
1928 : (Sculpture)
Has frequented the studio of Charles DESPIAU [ 1874-1946 ]
1928 : (Sculpture)
Has frequented the studio of Émile Antoine BOURDELLE [ 1861-1929 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1956 – 1992:Lives in Paris until her death
1956:Obtains the dual french/portuguese nationality
1947:Comes back to Paris, France
1940 – 1947:Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1928:Emigrates from Portugal to Paris, France
Moves with her husband to Portugal at the beginning of World War II
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil 
Print-Multiple : 
Sculpture-Volume : 
Drawing-Watercolor : Subject
abstraction/figurationarchitecture
landscape
urbanism
Movements and styles
AbstractionSecond School of Paris - Abstraction France 1940-1965
Works
| Quilómetro 44 | |
| Medium : Painting | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2007
CENTRE CULTUREL CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN – Paris, France
07/01/2007 – 09/28/2007
2002
Cartazes de Vieira da Silva / Posters by Vieira da Silva
Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva – Lisbon, Portugal
07/25/2002 – 10/27/2002
2001
Kô et Kô, e outras histórias / Kô et Kô, and other stories
Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva – Lisbon, Portugal
01/19/2001 – 05/14/2001
1992
Galerie Alice Pauli – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
1992
1991
Fundación Juan March – Madrid, Spain
1991
1980
Galería Joan Prats – Barcelona, Spain
1980
1971
Galerie Jeanne Bucher – Paris, France
1971
1963
Galerie Jeanne Bucher – Paris, France
1963
1949
Galerie Pierre – Paris, France
1949
1947
Galerie Jeanne Bucher – Paris, France
1947
1942
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1942
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Applicat-Prazan – 16 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Borzo – 21 Verwersstraat – Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
2003
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Jean Boghici – Ipanema Rua Joana Angélica, 180 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Alice Pauli – 9 rue du Port Franc – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
2002
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Alice Pauli – 9 rue du Port Franc – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
2001
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Borzo – 21 Verwersstraat – Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galería Estiarte – Almagro, 44 – Madrid, Spain
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galería Polígrafa – Balmes, 54 – Barcelona, Spain
Group exhibitions
2002
Les Contrées du Silence
Musée Ingres – Montauban, France
2002
L’école de Paris des années 50
Galerie Applicat-Prazan – Paris, France
10/31/2002 – 12/31/2002
Contemporâneos de Arpad Szenes e de Vieira da Silva na colecção Berardo / Contemporaries of Arpad Szenes and Vieira da Silva in the Berardo Collection
Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva – Lisbon, Portugal
03/07/2002 – 06/16/2002
2000
Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva (período brasileiro)
Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva – Lisbon, Portugal
06/29/2000 – 09/17/2000
1962
Aquarelles, dessins, estampes
Galerie Cinq Mars – Paris, France
01/24/1962 – 02/13/1962
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