Paula Rego
born 1935
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Biography
Dame Paula Rego, DBE (born 26 January 1935), is a Portuguese-born British visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Rego’s style has evolved from abstract towards representational, and she has 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. She was the first artist-in-residence at the National Gallery in London. She lives and works in London.
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Reflections on the Art School – Part 3: Alice Strickland
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The Curwen Studio: Paula Rego, Stanley Jones and Alan Powers in Conversation
Since 1958 the Curwen Studio has enabled artists to explore the medium of lithography. To coincide with the display in ...
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In the Studio: Paula Rego
Paula Rego on the fine art of printmaking
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20th Birthday Artist Talk: Series, Sequences and Stories : Paula Rego and Lewis Biggs in conversation
Paula Rego joins Lewis Biggs in an illustrated discussion on the experience of exhibiting at Tate Liverpool, the impact the ...
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Paula Rego: Artist’s Talk
Paula Rego discussed her career with Fiona Bradley.
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New spirit painting
New spirit painting is a term which refers to the resurgence of expressionist painting around 1980
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Neo-expressionism
Neo-expressionism acted as a major revival of painting in an expressionist manner in the 1980s and it occurred internationally