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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

1908 - 1992

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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (13 June 1908 – 6 March 1992) was a Portuguese abstract painter. She was considered a leading member of the European abstract expressionism movement known as Art Informel. Her works feature complex interiors and city views using lines that explore space and perspective. She also worked in tapestry and stained glass. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Helena Vieira da Silva is the 434th most popular painter (up from 600th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 129th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 434 out of 2,023Before her are Carlo Levi, Yves Tanguy, John Bauer, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Godfrey Kneller, and Gino Severini. After her are James Tissot, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Hannah Höch, Orcagna, Heinz Linge, and Max Klinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 60Before her are Stéphane Grappelli, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Günther Prien, John Kenneth Galbraith, Dmitry Ustinov, and Giovanni Leone. After her are Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Amintore Fanfani, Valentin Glushko, Victor Ambartsumian, Masaru Ibuka, and Saizo Saito. Among people deceased in 1992, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 45Before her are Denny Hulme, Mohamed Boudiaf, Lella Lombardi, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Sidney Nolan, and Markos Vafeiadis. After her are Sam Walton, John Ireland, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, H. L. A. Hart, Chris McCandless, and Jean-Claude Pascal.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 103 out of 633Before her are Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), António, Prior of Crato (1531), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Berengaria of Portugal (1198), Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), and Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu (1433). After her are Sérgio Conceição (1974), Nani (1986), Pedro Nunes (1502), Rui Costa (1972), Rúben Amorim (1985), and Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504).

Among PAINTERS In Portugal

Among painters born in Portugal, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 1After her are Paula Rego (1935), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887), José Malhoa (1855), Nadir Afonso (1920), Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857), and Helena Almeida (1934).