Born: c. 1965
Birthplace: Mozambique
Best known as:
The founder of "Formism"

4 good links

Jose Da Silveira
His official site, with many good samples of his work
In Honor of Jose Da Silveira
Busy fan page with news, photos and a half-dozen links
Da Silveira World
Another small fan site, with a few poems and a link or two
To My Dearest Jose Da Silveira
A fan counts the ways she loves the painter

José Da Silveira Biography

Artist
Writer

José Da Silveira's talent and dashing good looks have made him an artist of some celebrity in Europe. His distinctive style of modern surrealism has been called "Formism"; Da Silveira's swirling shapes and colors are sometimes compared to the work of Picasso and Van Gogh. He is particularly known for his paintings of women; he also writes poetry and fiction.