Paula Rego
Portuguese-British visual artist
Died when: 87 years 133 days (1048 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego DBE RA GCSE GOSE GColCa (Portuguese: ['paw.l? '?e.?u]: 26 January 1935 – 8 June 2022) was a Portuguese-British visual artist 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.
