Biography
Paula Rego was born in 1935 in Lisboa (Portugal) and she died in 2022 in London (United Kingdom).
Having fled Salazar’s totalitarian regime in 1951 to study art in the United Kingdom, she found herself immersed in the stimulating atmosphere of the English art scene of the time. She was the only female artist in the London School, alongside figures such as Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff.
In 2018, a major exhibition was dedicated to her at the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, The Cruel Stories of Paula Rego. A major retrospective is being presented at the Munchmuseet in Oslo until August 2nd.
Her work is featured in numerous collections, including those of the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; the Metropolitan Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the British Museum, London, UK; the National Gallery, London; and the Tate Modern, London.
