Fundação Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva

In Praça das Amoreiras, Lisbon, the Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva Foundation occupies the former Silk Textile Factory, a spacious Pombaline house linked to an early 20th-century industrial structure. It was Maria Helena Vieira da Silva who chose this building to hold her memory, that of Arpad Szenes and an essential part of her artistic legacy. The idea emerged after Arpad’s death in 1985 and developed from a study centre into a museum dedicated to the two painters. The Foundation was established in 1990 and opened to the public on 4 November 1994. The collection brings together painting, drawing and printmaking, covering Arpad Szenes’s production from 1911 to 1985 and Vieira da Silva’s from 1926 to 1986, with later prints by the artist. The Documentation and Research Centre preserves photographs, correspondence, manuscripts and other materials that extend the study of the couple’s work.