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Manuel Pereira da SilvaThe work is diverse; ranging from the abstract to the figurative, from formal to informal. A common characteristic of the artist is the constant exploration of new uses of traditional materials, techniques and styles resulting in the discovery of new form and content.
Location: Outside the US, Portugal
Media: Sculpture / Oil / Watercolor
Style: Abstract
Art Group Affiliations: iSmudge - (4is)
Alternative Online Artists - (aoa)
Self Representing Artists - (qae)
EBSQ Self-Representing Artists - (ebsq)
Online Artists United - (o@u)
Self Representing Artists - (sra+)
Art 4 Art's Sake - (a4a)
Cleveland Art Now - (CAN)
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Manuel Pereira da Silva (7 December 1920 - 2003) was a Portuguese sculptor. He was born in Oporto, Portugal.
The workmanship of Manuel Pereira da Silva has an abstract formal orientation inspired in the human figure, in particular the man and the woman. In 2000, the Medal of Cultural Merit was attributed to Pereira da Silva for the City Council of Vila Nova de Gaia.
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
III 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 the Life and the Portuguese Art in Louren็o Marques, Mozambique (1946)
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 Guin้-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 Pit๕es exhorting the Crusades in the Courthouse, in Oporto. (1961)
II 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)
External links
Pereira da Silva Art Gallery
Pereira da Silva web site
Pereira da Silva Blogspot-blog
Pereira da Silva Wordpress-blog
Pereira da Silva Yahoo-groups
Pereira da Silva msn-spaces
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'Man and Woman' by Manuel Pereira da Silva
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Dimensions: 64"H x 80"W
Year: 1984
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Manuel Pereira da Silva is represented in public spaces, corporate collections and has received prominent public and private art commissions. |
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