Bela Silva
Hand-painted ceramic tile
Height: 40.25" - Width: 29.5" - Depth: 1.75"
It was during her years in the United States that Bela Silva first began to reflect on, and feel nostalgia for, Portugal’s architectural heritage and her native country’s use of tiles in the production of art. It was this burgeoning appreciation for certain of her country’s most remarkable architectural gems—the Fronteira Palace, the Alcobaça monastery’s kitchen, and the Convent of Christ in Tomar—that led to her enduring fascination with ceramic tiles and to establish her practice Sintra.
