1908 - 1992
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 93,808 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Maria Helena Vieira da Silva is the 739th most popular painter (down from 704th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 145th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Painter.
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Among painters, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 739 out of 1,428. Before her are Jan Kupecký, Eugène Carrière, Ercole de' Roberti, Bartolomeo Manfredi, Francesco Botticini, and Eugene de Blaas. After her are Gustave Boulanger, Govert Flinck, John William Godward, Moritz von Schwind, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and Mario Merz.
1667 - 1740
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 733
1849 - 1906
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 734
1450 - 1496
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 735
1582 - 1622
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 736
1446 - 1498
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 737
1843 - 1931
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 738
1908 - 1992
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 739
1824 - 1888
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 740
1615 - 1660
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 741
1861 - 1922
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 742
1804 - 1871
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 743
1881 - 1919
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 744
1925 - 2003
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 745
Among people born in 1908, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 95. Before her are Alain Cuny, Aurelio Peccei, Peg Entwistle, Françoise Dolto, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, and Nicholas Kaldor. After her are Sicco Mansholt, Lev Pontryagin, Sergei Sobolev, Michael Redgrave, Libertad Lamarque, and Michael DeBakey. Among people deceased in 1992, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 75. Before her are Nathan Milstein, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Alex Haley, Muhammad Asad, Gavriil Ilizarov, and Heinrich Eberbach. After her are Wang Hongwen, Stella Adler, Jean Dieudonné, Giorgio Perlasca, Isidro Lángara, and Deng Yingchao.
1908 - 1994
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 89
1908 - 1984
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 90
1908 - 1932
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 91
1908 - 1988
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 92
1908 - 1994
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 93
1908 - 1986
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 94
1908 - 1992
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 95
1908 - 1995
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 96
1908 - 1988
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 97
1908 - 1989
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 98
1908 - 1985
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 99
1908 - 2000
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 100
1908 - 2008
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 101
1902 - 1992
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 69
1899 - 1992
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 70
1921 - 1992
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 71
1900 - 1992
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 72
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 73
1895 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 74
1908 - 1992
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 75
1935 - 1992
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 76
1901 - 1992
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 77
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 78
1910 - 1992
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 79
1912 - 1992
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 80
1904 - 1992
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 81
Among people born in Portugal, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 151 out of 479. Before her are Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Gil Eanes (null), Américo Tomás (1894), Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843), and Infanta Benedita of Portugal (1746). After her are Pelagio Galvani (1165), Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), Constance of Portugal (1290), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Francisco Lázaro (1891), and Pedro Damiano (1480).
1402 - 1443
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 145
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 146
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 147
1894 - 1987
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 148
1843 - 1884
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 149
1746 - 1829
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 150
1908 - 1992
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 151
1165 - 1230
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 152
1377 - 1461
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 153
1290 - 1313
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 154
1500 - 1450
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 155
1891 - 1912
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 156
1480 - 1544
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 157
Among painters born in Portugal, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ranks 1. After her are Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Paula Rego (1935), Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887), Nadir Afonso (1920), and José Malhoa (1855).
1908 - 1992
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1
1500 - 1450
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 2
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 3
1887 - 1918
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 4
1920 - 2013
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 5
1855 - 1933
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 6