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Her work has featured the bold yet beautiful topics of feminism reflected through traditional folklore of Portugal. Sexual education in Portugual lacked vital information and Rego was taught to obey men abstain from sex and conform to societys view of womanhood.

Paula Rego The Little Murderess 1987 Acrylic On Paper On Canvas 150 X 150 Cm Best Art Books Artist Figure Painting

In The Family a work in acrylics that Paula Rego completed in 1988 the year her husband Victor Willing died from multiple sclerosis a mother undresses a father in a bedroomShe gazes out at us with a peaceable open expression her arm partially obscuring her husbands face.

Paula Rego. An Enduring Journey an eye-opening retrospective of prints and select works on paper concurrently on view at Cristea Roberts Gallery Rego demonstrates a preeminent ability to get the most out of the constraints imposed by printmaking a by-product. Her father became an electrical engineer for the British firm Marconi but when Rego was born he was still studying. Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego born 26 January 1935 is a Portuguese-British visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks.

Paula Rego was born on 26th January 1935 in Lisbon Portugal. Paula Rego is a renowned and famous Portuguese visual artist and painter who is celebrated for paintings and prints that depict great tales from famous story books. An uncompromising artist of extraordinary imaginative power she has revolutionised the way in which women are represented.

Rego was born in Lisbon in 1935. EXHIBITION By any criteria this retrospective-the most comprehensive ever mounted in the UK-of the celebrated Portuguese-British painter Paula Rego is a monumental revelatory overview of a master. Biography of Paula Rego.

Regos style has evolved from abstract towards representational and she has favoured pastels over oils for much of her career. One called Dog Woman goes. Rego inherited her love of opera from her father who would often take her to see performances in Lisbon while she was growing up.

This exhibition tells the story of this artists extraordinary life highlighting the personal nature of much of her work and the socio-political context in. Her daughter helps one hand gripping the fabric of her fathers suit her groin pressed against his. Covering the breadth of her career from her early teens through to her octogenarian output across an expansive aesthetic field of style and technique the curation unfolds a.

She was an only child her family was wealthy and as such she had a comfortable upbringing. Violence eroticism and oppression converge as Regos deeply ambiguous work goes. In the afternoon the artist prefers fado the plaintive music of her native Portugal.

Since the 1950s Paula Rego has played a key role in redefining figurative art in the UK and internationally. I n the most staggering room in Paula Regos retrospective of seven decades painting women crouch crawl kneel and sleep. Paula Rego review stunning is an understatement.

Regos style has evolved from abstract towards representational and she has favoured pastels over oils for much of her career. At the time the Estado Novo New State controlled the country suppressing political freedom and drastically limiting the rights of women. The story at the heart of the painting came to Paula Rego ready-made in the form of Jean Genets play The Maids 1947 itself based on the real-life case of the Papin sisters Christine and Lea who worked as maids for a.

Paula Rego was born on January 26 1935 in Lisbon Portugal. She notes how topical and prescient her work has always been. The family stayed in Portugal until 1974 when the national revolution forced them to move back to London.

Paula Rego a visual artist born 1935 in Portugal was brought up in a middle-class family. Born in 1935 Rego had an upbringing that was formal but mostly happy she. Dame Paula Rego DBE born 26 January 1935 is a Portuguese visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks.

Strong Woman Against Female Mutilation. Her work often reflects feminism coloured by. A painter of stories celebrated for her dark complex paintings prints drawings and collages Paula Rego draws upon folk- and fairytales literature and her own biography to create politically charged deeply unsettling tableaux.

Regos anti-fascist father and mother moved to England in 1936 for work leaving the young Paula in Portugal with her grandmother. Paula Rego is a great artist and an underrated artist art historian and curator Catherine Lampert tells BBC Culture. 213 x 244 cm.

In her late 20s Rego left Portugal for England attending Slades School of Fine Art. Willing died in 1988 and the year after Regos career took off as she went back to paint full time. By Adrian SearleJun 12 20197 mins to read.

In the morning Paula Rego likes opera. Paula Rego The Vivian Girls on the Farm 19845 Fundação de Serralves Porto Portugal. Acrylic on canvas-backed paper.

Paula Rego Moth 1994 Pastel On Canvas 160 X 120 Cm Paula Rego Art Art Painting