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U.Porto Memory

Irene Vilar

Prizes

• Master "Manuel Pereira" Award – SNI, 1965;
• Honourable Mention at the 4^th Biennial Exhibition of Paris, 1965;
• Sculpture Award, Vila Franca de Xira;
• National Sculpture Award;
• "Portuguese Women’s Action Overseas" Award;
• A prize for the monument to Honório Barreto;
• Ex-aequo prize for the commemorative medal for the inauguration of São João Hospital;
• 1^st Prize – Official Europália Medal Portugal, 1991;
• 1^st Prize – Grupo EDP medal;
• 1^st Prize – Cenel/Hidrocenel (EDP) medal;
• 1^st Prize – at the Santo Agostinho Exhibition, Fátima, 2003.

A Few Posthumous Homage Events

2008

A tribute paid to the artist, to inaugurate the sculpture "King Fernando and Queen Leonor Teles", by Irene Vilar, placed in the garden facing the Monastery of Leça do Balio, on 15 December, The ceremony, conducted by the Mayor of Matosinhos, Guilherme Pinto, consisted of a mass presided by the Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon, D. Carlos Azevedo, and the edition of a brochure on the life and work of the sculptress.

Distinctions

• Commander of the Order of Prince Henry, 1982;
• Gold Merit Medal, by the City Council of Porto;
• Citizen of the Year 1989/90, by the Lyon's Club of Matosinhos;
• Gold Merit Medal, by the City Council of Matosinhos;
• Gold Merit Medal, by the City Council of Porto;
• Posthumously, she was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of St. James of the Sword.

Monuments and Sculptures

• "O Cerco" (1965) [The Siege];
• "Mundo" [World], in the gardens of the Modern Art Centre, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;
• Castelo Feudal [Feudal Castle] (1966);
• Máquina de Suplício [Torture Machine];
• Florbela Espanca and Abel Salazar, Matosinhos;
• Camões, Porto (1979);
• Garcia de Orta, Porto;
• Guilhermina Suggia, Porto (1988-1989);
• Homenagem ao Pescador [A tribute to fishermen], Matosinhos (1983);
• Monuments to Fernando Pessoa, in Durban (South Africa, 1985), São Paulo (Brazil, 1985) and in Ixelles (Belgium, 1989);
• Monumento ao Bombeiro [Monument to fire-fighters], Paredes;
• Monumento ao Artilheiro no Regimento de Artilharia n° 5 [Monument to a gunner], in Vila Nova de Gaia;
• Universo 4+3;
• Escultura [Sculpture], in the gardens of CIN;
• Forma nº6 [Shape no. 6], Amadeo Sousa-Cardozo Museum, Amarante;
• Sidónio Pais;
• Ainda há Azuis [Eternal blues];
• Coragem/Esperança [Courage/Hope], Maria Ziekenhuis, Holland;
• Confronto [Confrontation], Germany;
• D. António Ferreira Gomes;
• Padre Américo;
• A set of nine sculptures for the Cameirinho roundabout, in Penafiel;
• Abraço [Embrace], a monument for the Luís de Camões Garden, at the invitation of the government of Macau (1996);
• Sculptures for the Sheraton Hotel, Porto;
• Fonte Universo [Universe Fountain] for SMAS, in Porto;
• Esta Árvore tem 2000 anos [This tree is 2000 years old];
• Monument for the 500^th anniversary of Guimarães Theatre (2003);
• ...

Bas-reliefs

• Quatro Virtudes Morais [Four moral virtues], for the Court of Valença;
• Árvore da Ciência do Bem e do Mal [The science tree of good and evil], for the Court of Moimenta da Beira;
• Quatro Períodos da História do Direito [Four periods in the History of Law], for the Court of Paços de Ferreira;
• Door with a bronze coat-of-arms, for the Court of Porto;
• Bas-relief, Maconde, Vila do Conde;
• A tribute to the conquered, a plaque for 31 de Janeiro Street, Porto;
• Bas-reliefs for the churches of Aldoar and Carvalhido, Porto;
• Funeral pillar for the tombstone of António Ferreira Gomes, in the cemetery of Milhundos, Penafiel;
• Oliveira Martins, Oliveira Martins School, Porto;
• António Nobre, António Nobre School, Porto;
• ...

Christian Sculptures

• Saint Rosendo, in Santo Tirso;
• Saint Beatriz da Silva (column, Fátima);
• Christ Prisoner (Centro Pastoral Paulo VI, Fátima);
• Christ Prisoner no. 2;
• St. Michael the Archangel, in the General Police Command - PSP, Lisbon;
• Statue of the Immaculate Conception for the gardens of the Catholic University, Lisbon (2004);
• Christ resuscitated, Carmelite Church, in Foz do Douro;
• Saint Michael, Maia Church;
• Pulpit, altar and chair (bas-reliefs), processional cross and candlesticks: Santíssimo Sacramento Church, Porto;
• Evangelistary and box for the ecclesiastical vessels for consecrated wine and oils, Porto Cathedral;
• Processional cross and candlesticks: Senhora da Conceição parish, Porto;
• Tabernacle, baptismal font, pulpit and chair, Gueifães Church, Maia;
• Oliveira Martins, Oliveira Martins School, Porto;
• Episcopal insignia (ring, cross and crosier) for bishops João Miranda Teixeira, Januário Torgal Ferreira and Carlos A. Moreira Azevedo;
• ...

Coins (Imprensa-Nacional Casa da Moeda - Mint)

• The Battle of Ourique/Foundation of Portugal;
• Amadeo Souza-Cardozo;
• D. Afonso Henriques;
• Camilo Castelo Branco;
• Antero de Quental;
• Pauliteiros [Stick dancers];
• The Bank of Portugal;
• Porto 2001 - European Capital of Culture;
• ...

Medals

1960	Condestabre de Portugal
1968	Citânia de Sanfins
1970	International Colloquium – "S. Rosendo e o Seu Século"
1971	Tribute paid by Porto to Júlio Dinis
1972	Railway station of Marvão
1978	Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto
1980	4th National Congress of Medicine
	Florbela Espanca
1981	D. António Ferreira Gomes, Bishop of Porto
1982	A tribute by the City Councils to the Railways
1983	The medal honouring the fishermen
1984	Collective Transport Services of Porto
	5th Congress of FEAMC
1985	Fernando Pessoa, Durban
	The Portuguese and the World
1986	Cesário Verde
	CIN
	Centenary of Bridge D. Luís I
1988	Message – UNESCO
	Garden of Passeio Alegre
1989	Guilhermina Suggia
	12th European Congress of Pathology
1990	Camilo Castelo Branco
	Santo António Hospital – 200th anniversary
1991	TERTIR
	Antero de Quental
	Casa da Relação do Porto – 400th anniversary
	EUROPÁLIA – Portugal
	SOSERFIN
	CREDIFIN
	Medals of Eugénio de Andrade, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso and Fernando Pessoa

Portraits

• Maria Osswald, Soares dos Reis National Museum;
• Father Joaquim Alves Correia;
• Pinto de Oliveira;
• Cláudio Carneyro, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon;
• Abel Salazar;
• Marcello Caetano;
• Enrico Vergallo;
• Loius Henry;
• Ramalho Eanes;
• ...

Exhibitions

(Main) Individual exhibitions	1986	"Medalhas e Bronzes" [Medals and Bronze Pieces], Lisbon and Porto
	1988	Quadrado Azul Gallery, Porto
	1989	"A música como heterónimo" [Music as an heteronymous] (showing part of the sculpture collection offered to the city of Matosinhos in 1976), Matosinhos
		"Nove Momentos" [Nine Movements], Porto
		"Desenhos do Jardim" [Drawings of the Garden], Porto
(Some) Group Exhibitions	1957	National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon
		1st Gulbenkian Exhibition
	1958	Fiera d’Arte di Via Magguta - Artisti Ospiti di Roma, Italy
	1960	Exhibition of Modern Sacred Art, Guimarães
		V Exposition Internationale, Paris
		1st Exhibition of Plastic Arts, Vila Franca de Xira
	1965	4th Biennial Exhibition of Paris
	1966	National Exhibition of Art, Évora
	1967	9th Biennial Exhibition of São Paulo
	1969	FIDEM, Cologne
		Exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the death of Amadeo de Souza Cardozo, Amarante and Porto
		Plastic Arts Exhibition of BPA, Lisbon
	1975	"Levantamento da Arte no século XX" [A Survey of 20th Century Art], Porto
	1978	"Matosinhos e os seus artistas" [Matosinhos and its artists], Matosinhos
	1979	Portuguese Modern Art, SNBA, Lisbon
		FIDEM, Lisbon
	1980	Exhibition of the Medal of Sculptors trained at the ESBAP, Porto
	1982	ARUS – 1st National Exhibition of Modern Art, Porto and Lisbon
	1983	FIDEM, Florence
	1984	"O Porto", Porto
		4th Biennial Exhibition of Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira
		Biennial Exhibition of Lagos, Lagos
		"Esculturas no Jardim" [Sculptures in the garden], SEC, Porto
		Exhibition – sales – "Semana de Moçambique" [Mozambique Week], Estoril
	1985	"KUNSTLER aus NORDPORTUGAL", Wiesloch, Germany
		FIDEM, Stockholm
		Seven sculptures in Caminha
	1986	"KUNSTLER aus NORDPORTUGAL", Luxembourg
		3rd Exhibition of Plastic Arts, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
	1987	FIDEM, U.S.A.
	1988	"A Arte Moderna" [Modern Art] – Municipal Heritage of Matosinhos
		"Artistas e Autores" [Artists and authors], Guimarães
		Exhibition – sales "Associação 25 de Abril" [25th April Association], Porto
	1989	"25 anos – 44 artistas" [25 years - 44 artists] – Cooperativa Árvore, Porto
		FIDEM, Helsinki
		"Pintura" [Painting], Mérignac
	1990	"A Medalha no século XX" [Medals in 20th century], Namur, Brussels, Dendermore
	1991	4th Biennial Exhibition of Sculptures of Caldas da Rainha
	2000	"Cristo fonte de esperança" [Christ fountain of hope], on the Jubilee of 2000, Porto
		"Natividade 2000" [Nativity in 2000], at Jerónimos Monastery
		"Morte e Transfiguração" [Death and transfiguration], SNBA, Lisbon
	2002	"100 anos - 100 artistas" [100 years - 100 artists], SNBA, Lisbon
	2003	"Modelar o mistério" [Modelling the mistery], Lisbon, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
	2004	"Do gesto ao gesso" [From the gesture to the plaster], Matosinhos

Collections

• Secretariat of State for Culture;
• Amadeo Souza-Cardoso Museum, Amarante;
• Library-Museum of Vila Franca de Xira;
• Soares dos Reis National Museum, Porto;
• Chiado Museum, Lisboa;
• Art Heritage of Matosinhos;
• ...