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Paula Rego was born in Lisbon in 1935 and, between 1945 and 1951,
studied at the St. Julian's School in Carcavelos. From 1952 to
1956, she studied at the Slade School in London, England. There,
she
met
her future husband, the painter Victor Willing. From 1957 to 1963
she lived with Victor Willing in the Ericeira. In the same year
the Caloust Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon attributed to her a
scholarship and, between 1963 and 1975, she lived
between London and Portugal. Without any doubt, this period is
important, as much in her work as in her life, allowing her to
leave the smallness of the country and the cultural isolation
where people lived in Portugal. |
She
has lived permanently in London since 1976. In 1983, Paula Rego
was
a Painting Teacher in the Slade School of Art.
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She
made
the presentation of the retrospect of her work in the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon and in the Serpentine Gallery of
London. In 1990 she was nominated first associated artist of the
National Gallery of London.
She
is one of the most significant figurative artists working in
Britain today. A consummate storyteller, Paula Rego draws
inspiration for her complex narratives of human behaviour from
books, films, folk legends, and fairytales, as well as memories of
her own childhood and the history of art. Above all, Paula Rego
addresses the experiences of women and their relationships with
others, exploring themes of love and cruelty, desire and disgust,
rebellion and domination.” |
