Manuel Pereira da Silva
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sculptor. He was born in Oporto, Portugal
Portugal
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The workmanship of Manuel Pereira da Silva has an abstract formal orientation inspired in the human figure, in particularly 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
Vila Nova de Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia, or simply Gaia is a city in Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality, Portugal. It is located in the Porto District, south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper has a population of 178,255 and the municipality contains 24 parishes with a total...
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Education
In 1939, he entered the Oporto University's College of Arts. In 1953, 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
Paris
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, France
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, at the Paris College of Arts.
Selected works
- I Exposition of the IndependentsIndependents (Oporto artist group)The abstract art is historically linked to the Portuguese Independents exhibitions, its main organizer and coordinator, Fernando Lanhas, coincidentally is the central figure of abstractionism....
, in the Oporto University's College of Arts. (1943)
- II Exposition of the IndependentsIndependents (Oporto artist group)The abstract art is historically linked to the Portuguese Independents exhibitions, its main organizer and coordinator, Fernando Lanhas, coincidentally is the central figure of abstractionism....
, in the Atheneum Commercial of Oporto. (1944)
- III Exposition of the IndependentsIndependents (Oporto artist group)The abstract art is historically linked to the Portuguese Independents exhibitions, its main organizer and coordinator, Fernando Lanhas, coincidentally is the central figure of abstractionism....
, in the Coliseum of Oporto. (1945)
- Low-relives in Stone in the Rivoli Theatre and in the Coliseum, in Oporto. (1945)
- Exposition of the Portuguese Life and the Art in Lourenço Marques, Moçambique (1946)
- Exposition of Modern Art in the city of Caldas da Rainha. (1954)
- Sculpture in Bronze of General Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
, 18º 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 AngolaAngolaAngola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
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- Low-relief in Stone of "D. Pedro Pitões exhorting the Crusades" in the Courthouse, in Oporto. (1961)
- II Exposition of Plastic Arts of the Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, in the city of LisbonLisbonLisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
. (1962)
- Retrospective Exposition in Homage to the workmanship of Pereira da Silva by the Artists Association of Vila Nova de GaiaVila Nova de GaiaVila Nova de Gaia, or simply Gaia is a city in Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality, Portugal. It is located in the Porto District, south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper has a population of 178,255 and the municipality contains 24 parishes with a total...
. (1987)