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Copyright Paula Rego / Malborough Gallery, NY | | | Rego, Paula (1935 - ) Portugal
The Barn, 1994
Acrylic on canvas; 270 x 190 cm Neo-Expressionism
UID 102-477
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Biography
Portuguese born painter who later adopted British nationality. Between 1952 and 1956, she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. From 1957 to 1963, she lived in Portugal and, until 1975, divided her time between this country and England. She was first acclaimed by the Portuguese public through her semi-abstract paintings which, at times, included collages of elements taken from her own drawings. Her influences include works by Dubuffet, Picasso, Walt Disney, Gilray and illustrations by caricaturists seen in magazines. In 1976, she went to London and, at the end of the decade, set aside her collage work to concentrate largely on acrylic drawings on paper. Using an essentially graphic style reminiscent of comic strip stories, Paula Rego has continued to produce figurative works that are more spontaneous narratives than illustrations for literary texts. Her characters normally take the form of animals for the satirical effect the artist wants. In 1986, she concentrated on a more naturalistic idiom with strongly modelled figures and a consistent light source. These representations of human dramas with a powerfully psychological charge, essentially based on childhood memories, have given her a significant place in 20th century art. In 1989, her largest painting at that time was bought by the Tate Gallery in London.
Exhibitions
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 10-10-2003 ~ 13-03-2004
Pomar - Autobiography Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 08-05-2004 ~ 07-11-2004
The Berardo Collection - A Voyage through the 20th Century Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 04-12-2004 ~ 30-04-2005
Contemporary Painters in The Berardo Collection Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 28-05-2005 ~ 28-08-2005
Portugal Novo: artistas de hoje e amanhã Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil 05-10-2005 ~ 04-12-2005
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Nova Apresentação da Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 08-11-1999 ~ 01-03-2000
Sedução Cinema & Pintura Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 27-06-2006 ~ 31-01-2007
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
Não te Posso Ver Nem Pintado Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 15-09-2008 ~ 10-05-2009
Paradise Motel Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 13-11-2010 ~ 26-12-2011
Sous la Dictée de L’image Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 01-03-2010 ~ 26-05-2010
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Colecção Berardo, Novas Aquisições, 2000 Published by Arte Ibérica
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 9728176856
Paula Rego, 2002
Pomar - Autobiography, 2004 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9723709066
Portugal Novo, artistas de hoje e amanhã, 2005 Published by Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and Instituto das Artes – Ministério da Cultura
Sedução Cinema & Pintura, 2006 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729903034
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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