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Artist Statement:
Manuel Pereira da Silva is
represented in public spaces,
corporate collections and has
received prominent public and
private art commissions.
The 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. ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Exposição “Arte Partilhada
Millennium BCP – Abstracção”
Reabertura da Casa-Museu
Teixeira Lopes e Inauguração
da Exposição Arte Partilhada
Millennium BCP - Abstracção
dia 16 de Novembro de 2010,
pelas 18 horas, na Casa-Museu
Teixeira Lopes.
Patente até 30 Janeiro 2011
Rua Teixeira Lopes, 32
4400...
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Artist Galleries:
Pereira da Silva Art Gallery
is a fine art gallery
dedicated to the promotion of
the Portuguese sculptor Manuel
Pereira da SIlva, providing
quality and original art to
established and emerging
collectors....
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Commissions:
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Manuel Pereira Da Silva Biography:
| Biographical information for Manuel Pereira Da Silva can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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87
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Sculpture Bronze
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Art - (1910 - )
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Henry Moore
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
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
•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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