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Manuel Pereira da Silva
Manuel Pereira da Silva (7 December 1920 - 2003) was a Portuguese sculptor. He was born in Oporto, Portugal. The workmanship of 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
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Manuel Pereira da Silva (7 December 1920 - 2003) was a Portuguese sculptor. He was born in
The workmanship of 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
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
Selected works
- Participated in 3 Exposition of the Independent ones, in the Coliseum of Oporto. (1944)
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Low-relives in Stone in the Rivoli Theatre and in the Coliseum, in
. (1945)Oporto
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Exposition of Modern Art in the city of
. (1954)Caldas da Rainha
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Sculpture in Bronze of General Ulysses S. Grant, 18 President of the
between 1868 and 1876. This monument was ordered by the Portuguese Government to Pereira da Silva for the capital of Guiné-Bissau. (1955)United States of America
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Paintings in the
, in the city ofChurch ofSaint Luzia do Castelo. (1956)Viana
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Paintings of the "Snow White" in the Street of Saint Catarina, in
. (1957)Oporto
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Sculpture in Bronze in the Square Marquis do Pombal, in
. (1958)Oporto
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II Exposition of Modern Art in the city of
do Castelo. (1959)Viana
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Low-relief in Ceramics in the capital of
. (1960)Angola
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Low-relief in Stone of "D. Pedro Pitões exhorting the Crusades" in the Courthouse, in
. (1961)Oporto
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2 Exposition of Plastic Arts of the Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, in the city of
. (1962)Lisbon
- 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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