British painter and print maker of Portuguese birth. She trained at the Slade School of Fine Art where she met her husband, an English painter, Victor Willing. As a couple, they divided their time living between Portugal and England until 1976 when they decided to stay permanently in London. She first won acclaim in Portugal with her semi abstract paintings. She joined the London Group in 1965 and was an exhibiting member, 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. It was her ‘Abortion’ series in the 1990’s that helped to change Portugal’s law on legal abortions. She is known particularly for her paintings and prints based on storybooks and her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folk-themes from her native Portugal.
REGO, Paula
Paula Rego etching titled ‘Bait’
£3,950.00
