Paula Rego Artist Extraordinaire
Dame Paula Rego: A Phenomenal British / Portuguese Artist Who Will be Missed
Paula Rego recently passed away on the 8th of June 2022 at the age of 87. I managed to see her retrospective exhibition at the Tate Britain last year (2021) and it was a truly amazing experience. Her artwork is full of emotion and tells powerful stories, and I believe she will continue to inspire artists for many years to come.
Who was Paula Rego?
Paula Rego was born in 1935 in Lisbon, Portugal and is known for her figurative art, and she revolutionised the depiction of women in art. She had lived under a dictatorship, which lasted until 1974 in Portugal. An authoritarian regime that suppressed political freedom and limited the rights of women. Her parents wanted her to live in a liberal country so they sent her to Kent, England at the age of 16. Between 1952 and 1956 she studied painting at the Slade School of fine art in London. She met and later married her fellow painting student Victor Willing. She lived between Portugal and England after she graduated and then settled in London in 1972 where she continued to live until her death aged 87.
She will be remembered for her exploration of feminine identity, Paula Rego’s work is often concerned with narratives and the…
