Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
88 x 73 cm C/ Moldura
Vieira da Silva is recognized for her complex and mysterious compositions, in which abstract forms overlap to create a sense of depth and movement. Vieira da Silva's work L'eau is a tempera on paper that presents what appears to be a body of water over which a structure composed of vertical lines is overlaid. This work was chosen by the artist for the poster of her retrospective exhibition at the Musée National d'art Moderne in Paris in 1969. Furthermore, it has been featured in the most important museum exhibitions of the artist and is illustrated in the various catalogs that accompanied them.
Exhibitions
1963 Paris, Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, cat. no10, ill. | 1964 Lausanne, Galerie Alice Pauli, cat no27| 1964 Torino, Museo Civico, cat. no 117, ill. p. 227| 1969 Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, cat. no 56, ill. p. 56| | 1969-1970 Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, cat. no 47, ill. | 1970 Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, cat no 47| 1970 Basel, Kunsthalle, cat. no 47| 1970 Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, cat. no 159, ill. p. 134| 1971 Montpellier, Musée Fabre, cat. no87| 1976 Paris, Galerie Jeanne-Bucher| 1977 Paris- Lisboa, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris et Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, cat. no 54| 1978 Aalborg, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, cat no 47, ill. p.8| Barcelona, Galeria Joan Prats, cat. no9, ill. | 1988 Lisboa-Paris, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian et Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais| 1990 Carcassonne, Maison Noubel, ill.| 2008 Paris, "Célebration du centenaire de sa naissance", Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, 14 octobre - 22 novembre, cat.p.72, ill. p.73.
Publications
Weelen, Guy & Jaeger, Jean-François, 1994, "Vieira da Silva, Catalogue raisonné, peintures, aquarelles, guaches, temperas, dessins, vitraux, 1926-1992", Éditions d'Art Albert Skira S.A., Genève, p. 369, no.1823, ilustre | Ce que vous pourriez voir actuellement à Paris' in Connaissance des arts, June 1963, illustrated 'Vieira da Silva' in Chefs- d'œuvres de l'art français, June 26, 1963, illustrated | R. Barotte, 'Expositions' in Plaisir de France, August 1963, illustrated | C. Francillon, 'Rencontre avec Vieira da Silva' in Gazette de Lausanne, August 3, 1963, illustrated p. 13 | J.A. França, 'Portrait de Vieira da Silva' in Aujourd'hui Art et Architecture, April 1964, no. 45, illustrated p. 34 `|
Secolul 20, August 23, 1967, no. 8, illustrated | 'Un art, une ambiance...' in Télé Médecine, October 19, 1969, illustrated | J. Guichard-Meili, 'Vieira da Silva. Le un et l'infini' in Nouvelle Revue Française, December 1, 1969, mentioned p. 911 | D. Vallier, La peinture de Vieira da Silva: chemins d'approche, Paris, 1971, illustrated p. 196 | P. Ducheim, 'Vieira da Silva... Un vertigineux univers où l'œil se perd et se retrouve' in Le Pharmacien de France, June 1976, no. 13, illustrated p. 683 | A. Terrasse, L'Univers de Vieira da Silva, Paris, 1977, illustrated p. 27 | H. Ernst, 'Forunderlight rum. Betagende udstilling på Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum' in Politiken, April 10, 1978, illustrated | Exhibition catalogue: Tunis, Galerie de l'information, Vieira da Silva, 1982 (illustrated on the cover) | G. Weelen and J.-F. Jaeger, Vieira da Silva Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1994, no. 1823, illustrated p. 369 | Exhibition Catalogue: Paris, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Vieira da Silva 1908-1992 - Célébration du centenaire de sa naissance, 2008, illustrated p. 73.