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General Ulysses S. Grant, 18º President of the United States of America

Sculpture in Bronze of General Ulysses S. Grant, 18º President of the United States of America between 1868 and 1876. This monument was ordered by the Portuguese Government to Manuel Pereira da Silva for the capital of Guiné-Bissau. (1956)

Busts

Bust of Prof. José Hermano Saraiva
Bust of the Painter Reis Teixeira
Bust of the Sculptor Aureliano Lima
Bust of the Sculptor Henrique Moreira
Bust of the Sculptor Manuel Pereira da Silva
Bust of the Dr. Adelino Gomes
Bust of the Priest Missionary José Araújo
Bust of the Priest Luís
Bust of is father
Bust of is father-in-law
Bust of is granddaughter

Paintings in the Church of Saint Luzia

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Some works exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, London!

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Biography

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Self-portrait, 1984

Oil on canvas 

63cmx80cm

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
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 1947 and 1948, he studied in Paris, France at the Paris College of Arts.

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Self-portrait, 1984

Graphite on bristol board 

49cmx64cm

Selected works

I Exposition of the Independents, in the Oporto University's College of Arts. (1943)

II Exposition of the Independents, in the Atheneum Commercial of Oporto. (1944)

III Exposition of the Independents, in the Coliseum of Oporto. (1945)

Low-relives in Stone in the Rivoli Theatre and in the Coliseum, in (1945)

Exposition of the Life and the Portuguese Art in Lourenço 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 Guiné-Bissau. (1955)

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Self-portrait, 1984

Graphite on bristol board 

49cmx64cm

Paintings in the Church 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)

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)

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Self-portrait, 1984

Oil on wood

61cmx75cm