Paula Rego
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Portuguese-British visual artist (1935-2022)
Key facts
- Born
- Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego , ( 1935-01-26 ) 26 January 1935, Lisbon , Portugal
- Died
- 8 June 2022 (2022-06-08) (aged 87), London, England
- Citizenship
- Portuguese/British
- Known for
- Painting, printmaking
- Spouse
- Victor Willing ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1959 ; died 1988 )
- Children
- 3; including Victoria and Nick
- Awards
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire , Grand Cross of the Order of Saint James of the Sword , Grand Officer of the Order of Saint James of the Sword , Grand Collar of the Order of Camões
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paula
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Lisbon
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- modernism
- Genre
- contemporary art
- Movement
- modernism
- Number of children
- 6
- Work location
- London
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- member of
- Royal Academy of Arts
- name in native language
- Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego
- catalog code
- 340
- Commons Creator page
- Paula Rego
- Commons category
- Paula Rego
- date of birth
- 1935-01-26
- birth name
- Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego
- floruit
- 2019-00-00
- date of death
- 2022-06-08
- start of work period
- 1956-01-01
- end of work period
- 2022-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego DBE RA GCSE GOSE GColCa ( Portuguese: [ˈpawlɐ ˈʁeɣu]: 26 January 1935 – 8 June 2022) was a British-Portuguese visual artist, widely considered the pre-eminent woman artist of the late 20th and early 21st century, known particularly for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Rego's style evolved from abstract towards representational, and she favoured pastels over oils for much of her career. Her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folk-themes from her native Portugal.
Rego studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and was an exhibiting member of The London Group, along with David Hockney and Frank Auerbach. In 1989 she became the second artist-in-residence, after the scheme re-started, at the National Gallery in London, after Jock McFadyen, who was the first in 1981. She lived and worked in London.
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