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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva has received more than 125,825 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Maria Helena Vieira da Silva is the 600th most popular painter (up from 741st in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 160th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Painter.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 600 out of 2,023. Before her are Wolf Vostell, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Erwin Bowien, Margarita Luti, Jules Breton, and Carl Bloch. After her are Remedios Varo, Nicolas de Largillière, Martiros Saryan, Michael Sittow, Jules Dupré, and Nikolaos Gyzis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 78. Before her are Tex Avery, Pablo Dorado, Saizo Saito, Bernard Lee, Rómulo Betancourt, and Koča Popović. After her are Max Bill, Remedios Varo, Giovannino Guareschi, Yousuf Karsh, Atahualpa Yupanqui, and Leroy Anderson. Among people deceased in 1992, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 61. Before her are Nikolay Bogolyubov, Takeshi Inoue, Maria Reiter, Georges Delerue, Nureddin al-Atassi, and Koča Popović. After her are Princess Margaret of Denmark, Judith Anderson, José Ferrer, Jim Garrison, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, and Atahualpa Yupanqui.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 129 out of 633. Before her are Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (1521), João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), Gil Eanes (null), Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (1040), Gil Vicente (1465), and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843). After her are Ferdinand, Count of Flanders (1188), Infanta Antónia of Portugal (1845), Urraca of Portugal (1150), Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894), José, Prince of Brazil (1761), and Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104).

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Among PAINTERS In Portugal

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

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