April 17, 2024
1978 Maria Elena Vieira Da Silva Original Lithograph, Lisbon, Portugal
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I978 Original Lithograph of Maria Elena Vieira Da Silva 10 x 7.5 Inches Lisbon, Portugal Vieira da Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal. At the age of eleven she had begun seriously studying drawing and painting at that city's Academia de Belas-Artes . In her teen years she studied painting with Fernand Léger , sculpture with Antoine Bourdelle , and engraving with Stanley William Hayter , all masters in their respective fields. She also created textile designs.By 1930 Vieira da Silva was exhibiting her paintings in Paris; that same year she married the Hungarian painter Árpád Szenes . After a brief sojourn back in Lisbon and a period spent in Brazil during World War II (1940–1947), Vieira da Silva lived and worked in Paris the rest of her life. She adopted French citizenship in 1956. Vieira da Silva received the French government's Grand Prix National des Arts in 1966, the first woman so honored. She was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1979. She died in Paris, France on March 6, 1992.
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