20th century Post-war European figuration

 In the central years of the century. XX, despite the followers of European informalisms claiming texture and irregularity, the new figurative languages configure an image of contemporary man through new standards of expressive freedom.

Lucian Freud

Portrait of a Man (Baron H.H. Thyssen-Bornemisza)

1981 - 1982

Oil on canvas. 51 x 40 cm

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Retrato do pintor Reis Teixeira

1958

Óleo sobre tela, 54 x 42 cm

The human being was the essential subject for the British Lucian Freud or Henry Moore, in Portugal Manuel Pereira da Silva followed this trend, which combined the figurative with a plastic language close to the abstraction of matter.

Henry Moore

Duas Mães com os filhos nos braços

1941

Esferográfica, lápis e aguarela em papel. 38 x 56.4 cm

Museu Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Mãe com o filho nos braços

1955

Aguarela sobre cartolina, 29 x 39 cm

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Mães com os filhos nos braços

1962

Óleo sobre cartolina, 50 x 32 cm

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Mulher com criança nos braços

1952

Gesso sobre estrutura de alumínio, 31 x 32 x 55 cm

Other artists, marked by a feeling of pessimism and anxiety caused by the crises of the two wars, impose a new sense of alienation from the body. It is represented distorted and injured, as occurs in Francis Bacon's inhuman characters or disintegrated, like Alberto Giacometti's evanescent figures.

Alberto Giacometti

Nu reclinado visto de trás

1959

Tinta-da-china sobre papel. 26 x 37 cm

Museu Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Mulher reclinada

1984

Óleo sobre tela, 63 x 84 cm

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Mulher reclinada

1990

Gesso, 70 x 52 x 37 cm

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Mulher reclinada

1987

Gesso, 54 x 68 x 41 cm

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Mulher reclinada

1985

Esferográfica sobre cartolina, 50 x 65 cm

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Mulher reclinada

1985

Esferográfica sobre cartolina, 50 x 65 cm

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Mulher reclinada

1986

Esferográfica sobre cartolina, 50 x 65 cm

P55 – The Art Platform - ID: 11730900

 

P55 – The Art Platform - ID: 11730900

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

2 Studies, 1959

Chinese ink on cardboard

Dim.: 65cm x 50cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 9389550

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 9389550

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Untitled, 1955

Mixed technique on cardboard

Signed and dated 1955

Dim.: 29cm x 42cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 8671554

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 8671554

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Untitled, 1952

Mixed technique on cardboard

Signed and dated 1952

Dim.: 38cm x 60cm

Artbid - Auction 2218 / Lot 21 MANUEL PEREIRA DA SILVA (1920-2003)

 

Artbid - Auction 2218 / Lot 21

MANUEL PEREIRA DA SILVA (1920-2003)

Untitled

1958

oil on platex

149 cm x 129 cm

Artbid - Auction 2215 / Lot 28

 

Artbid - Auction 2215 / Lot 28

MANUEL PEREIRA DA SILVA (1920-2003)

Untitled

1958

oil on platex

148 cm x 129 cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 777382

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 777382

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Untitled, 1955

Mixed media on cardboard

Signed and dated 1955

Dim.: 29cm x 42cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6589195

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6589195

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Untitled, 1959

Oil on cardboard

Signed and dated 1959

Dim.:49cm x 43cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6494405

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6494405

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Studies II, 1959

China ink on cardboard

Signed and dated 1959

Dim.:65cm x 50cm

P55 – A Plataforma de Arte - ID: 6386667

 

P55 – A Plataforma de Arte - ID: 6386667

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Sem título

Técnica Mista sobre cartolina 

Assinado e datado de 1959

Dim.:40cm x 40cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6261672

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6261672

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Studies, 1955

China ink on cardboard

Dim.:65cm x 50cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6220863

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6220863

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Untitled

Mixed Technique on Cardboard

Signed and dated 1955

Dim.:29cm x 44cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6161389

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6161389

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Dance

Mixed Technique on Cardboard

Signed and dated 1956

Dim.: 50cm x 54.5cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6063122

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID: 6063122

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

Untitled

Oil on cardboard.

Signed and dated 1959.

Dim.: 49 cm x 42 cm

P55 - The Art Platform - ID 5956307

 

P55 - The Art Platform - ID 5956307

Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003)

clowns

Oil on canvas

Signed and dated 1985.

Dim.: 70 cm x 86 cm

Artbid - Auction 1858 / Lot 65

 

Artbid - Auction 1858 / Lot 65

MANUEL PEREIRA DA SILVA (1920-2003)

Untitled

Mixed media on paper, glued on cardboard

Signed and dated 1956

34 x 45 cm

Artbid - Auction 1856 / Lot 59

 

Artbid - Auction 1856 / Lot 59

MANUEL PEREIRA DA SILVA (1920-2003)

Untitled

Watercolor on paper

Not signed

25 x 32.5 cm

Artbid - Auction 1856 / Lot 61

 

Artbid - Auction 1856 / Lot 61

MANUEL PEREIRA DA SILVA (1920-2003)

Untitled

2 gouaches on paper

Signed and dated 1996

21 x 29.5 cm

Artbid - Auction 1854 / Lot 64

 

Artbid - Auction 1854 / Lot 64

MANUEL PEREIRA DA SILVA (1920-2003)

Colorful composition

Mixed media on cardboard

Unsigned

50 x 65.5 cm

Artbid - Auction 1850 / Lot 65

 

Artbid - Auction 1850 / Lot 65

MANUEL PEREIRA DA SILVA (1920-2003)

Untitled

2 gouaches on paper

Signed and dated 1996

21 x 27 cm