Fernando Da Silva
Fernando Dias Da Silva (June 25, 1920 – March 5, 2012) was an illustrator and fine art painter born in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. His illustrations have been shown on magazine covers, book illustrations, newspaper advertisements and various mediums of graphic representation. Da Silva's family left Rio de Janeiro in 1959, and moved to a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Da Silva worked as a studio illustrator and a freelance artist; his work appeared regularly in Playboy, Encyclopædia Britannica, World Book Encyclopedia, the Chicago Tribune and other print venues.
Also recorded as Fernando Dias Da Silva
Fernando Da Silva
- Full name
- Fernando Dias da Silva.
- Born
- 1920. · São Luís.
- Died
- 2012. · Cape Coral.
- Nationality
- Brazil.
- Occupation
- painter and comics artist.
- Honours
- Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics.
- Languages
- Portuguese.
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Fernando Dias Da Silva (June 25, 1920 – March 5, 2012) was an illustrator and fine art painter born in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. His illustrations have been shown on magazine covers, book illustrations, newspaper advertisements and various mediums of graphic representation. Da Silva's family left Rio de Janeiro in 1959, and moved to a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Da Silva worked as a studio illustrator and a freelance artist; his work appeared regularly in Playboy, Encyclopædia Britannica, World Book Encyclopedia, the Chicago Tribune and other print venues.
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Recorded at birth as Fernando Dias da Silva. Born at São Luís in 1920, died in Cape Coral in 2012.
The recorded working language is Portuguese. Distinctions recorded are Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics.
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São Luís.
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Cape Coral.
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- 1.Fernando DaSilva's Obituary from the Chicago Tribune.
- 2.2004. 9788535905823.
- 3.Luiz Artur Ferraretto. Rádio no Rio Grande do Sul: anos 20, 30 e 40 : dos pioneiros às emissoras comerciais.
- 4.Panorama das histórias em quadrinhos no Brasil.
- 5.Athos Eichler Cardoso. A origem das séries de aventura e mistério da radiofonia brasileira e sua interação como história em quadrinhos-1940-1959.
- 6.Comic List.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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