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Biography
Portuguese painter who later adopted French nationality. She moved to Paris in 1928 and studied Sculpture with Emile-Antoine Bourdelle and, later, with Charles Despiau. In 1929, she began engraving at S. W. Hayter's Atelier 17 and designed carpets for the Art Deco interiors of Dolly Chareau. The influence of Joaquin Torres Garcia, whose work was exhibited at the Pierre Loeb Gallery in 1932, was also significant. She exhibited at the Jeanne Bucher Gallery in 1933 and 1937, a period in which she acquired her distinctive style, a system of criss-crossings with a spatial character inspired by urban architecture which she treated in subtle tones. During and after the Second World War, the theme of her work became increasingly political, as in Flags, Disaster, and Liberation of Paris. She lived in Portugal and in Rio de Janeiro, returning to Paris to exhibit her works in 1947, 1949 and 1951 at the Jeanne Bucher Gallery. Her palette in tones of grey and her choice of theme, which deliberately reverberate with French Impressionism, bring her work close to the paysagisme abstrait of Jean Bazaine and Alfred Manessier. Vieira da Silva was one of the most reputed painters in post war Paris and, in 1952, painted a stage curtain for La Parodie by Arthur Adamov. She worked regularly with the poet, René Char and the sculptor, Germaine Richier. In 1954 she took part in the Venice Biennale and, between 1955 and 1964, in documenta 1 and 3 in Kassel. The retrospective exhibition on her work held at the Paris Museum of Modern Art in 1969-70, which travelled to Rotterdam, Oslo, Basel and Lisbon, marked one of the highest points of her artistic rise. Her later work developed structural games and more abstract lyrical colours. After 1970, some of her creations were produced in tapestry.
Exhibitions
The Berardo Collection - A Voyage through the 20th Century Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 04-12-2004 ~ 30-04-2005
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection Embaixada de França (French Embassy), Portugal 27-04-2005 ~ 15-10-2005
Contemporâneos de Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva na Collecção Berardo Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva, Portugal 06-03-2002 ~ 16-06-2002
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Nova Apresentação da Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 08-11-1999 ~ 01-03-2000
Fernando Lemos and Surrealism - The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 26-11-2005 ~ 18-06-2006
Fernando Lemos e o Surrealismo - Colecção Berardo Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 08-07-2006 ~ 31-01-2007
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
“Intuição e a Estrutura” – De Torres Garcia a Vieira da Silva (1929-1949) Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 04-12-2008 ~ 15-02-2009
Sous la Dictée de L’image Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 01-03-2010 ~ 26-05-2010
Bibliography
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection, 2005 Published by 90 Graus Editora, Lda. ISBN 9728964013
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Contemporâneos de Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva ISBN 9728467192
Fernando Lemos e o Surrealismo – Colecção Berardo, 2006 Published by Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas ISBN 9728902034
Sotheby's, Post War and Contemporary Art, London, Thursday 26th March, 1992 Published by Sotheby´s
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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