| Manuel Pereira Da Silva |
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Manuel Pereira da Silva (7 December 1920 - 2003) was a Portuguese sculptor. He was born in Oporto, Portugal.
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| About the Artist |
The workmanship of Manuel Pereira da Silva has an abstract formal orientation inspired in the human figure, in particular the man and the woman. |
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Dance
1959 Plaster 65x76cm |
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Clowns
1985 Oil on pressed wood 70x86cm |
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Maternity
1955 Watercolour on bristol board 34x43cm |
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Crhist
1955 Watercolour on bristol board 27x38cm |
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Foclore
1990 Watercolour on bristol board 27x33cm |
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Couple
1980 Oil on canvas 69x84cm |
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Man
2000 Plaster 28x16x54cm |
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Photo-Reporter Portrait
1943 Plaster 50x35 |
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António Silva
Photo-reporter |
Man and Woman
1993 66X89cm |
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Oil on canvas
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People
1962 50x32cm |
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Oil on bristol board
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Man and Woman
1962 39,5x52cm |
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Oil on bristol board
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Man and Woman
1959 40x40cm |
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Oil on bristol board
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Woman
1984 69x84cm |
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Oil on canvas
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Man and Woman
1984 80x60cm |
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Oil on canvas
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Man and Woman
1984 59x80cm |
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Oil on canvas
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1996 61x81cm |
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Oil on canvas
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Woman
1957 35x20cm |
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Oil on bristol board
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1959 63x50cm |
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Oil on bristol board
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Woman
1952 38,5x60cm |
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Watercolour on
bristol board
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Hands
1955 27,x34cm |
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Watercolour on
bristol board
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Dance
1956 50x54,5cm |
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Watercolour on
bristol board
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Family
1961 29x63cm |
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Watercolour on
bristol board
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Man and Woman
1961 43x61,5cm |
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Watercolour on
bristol board
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Woman
1960 17x31cm |
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Watercolour on
bristol board
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Maternity
1952 14x23x45cm |
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Plaster |
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| Education and biography |
Education
In 1939, he entered the Oporto University College of Arts.
In 1943, he finished his coursework with the final classification of 18 values. During his coursework he was distinguished with two awards, "Teixeira Lopes" and "Soares dos Reis".
In 1946 and 1947, he studied in Paris, France at the Paris College of Arts.
Selected works
•Participated in 3 Exposition of the Independent ones, in the Coliseum of Oporto. (1944)
•Low-relives in Stone in the Rivoli Theatre and in the Coliseum, in Oporto. (1945)
•Exposition of Modern Art in the city of Caldas da Rainha. (1954)
•Sculpture in Bronze of General Ulysses S. Grant, 18 President of the United States of America between 1868 and 1876. This monument was ordered by the Portuguese Government to Pereira da Silva for the capital of Guiné-Bissau. (1955)
•Paintings in the Church of Saint Luzia, in the city of Viana do Castelo. (1956)
•Paintings of the "Snow White" in the Street of Saint Catarina, in Oporto. (1957)
•Sculpture in Bronze in the Square Marquis do Pombal, in Oporto. (1958)
•II Exposition of Modern Art in the city of Viana do Castelo. (1959)
•Low-relief in Ceramics in the capital of Angola. (1960)
•Low-relief in Stone of "D. Pedro Pitões exhorting the Crusades" in the Courthouse, in Oporto. (1961)
•2 Exposition of Plastic Arts of the Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, in the city of Lisbon. (1962)
•Retrospective Exposition in Homage to the workmanship of Pereira da Silva by the Artists Association of Gaia. (1987)
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| Future shows |
| Casa-Museu Teixeira Lopes in September. |
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Website: www.pereiradasilva.net |
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