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Paula Rego

Also known as: Paula Rego; primary name: Rego, Paula
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; Portuguese; Female
Life dates: 1935-2022
Biography: Painter, printmaker and teacher; born in Lisbon, Portugal; studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, 1952-6; lived in Portugal 1957-63 with her husband, the painter, Victor Willing; settled permanently in London in 1976; exhibited in many group exhibitions in Britain and abroad; retrospective at the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, and at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 1988; first associate artist at the National Gallery with an accompanying exhibition,1991-2, 'Tales from the National Gallery'; 2001 - exhibited at Marlborough Fine Art, Tate Britain in 2004 and Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle on Tyne, 2006. Her work is held in many public collections including: the Arts Council, British Council and the Tate Gallery.
Bibliography: Sandra Miller, PQ VIII 1991, pp.53ff (on the nursery rhymes) T.G. Rosenthal, Paula Rego: The Complete Graphic Work, London: Thames & Hudson, 2003 (with essay by Paul Coldwell and catalogue raisonné by Hannah Begbie) Marco Livingstone, Paula Rego (exh. cat.), with essays by Marco Livingstone and Robert Hughes and commentaries by Paula Rego, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 25 Sept.-30 Dec. 2007 (retrospective)

35 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1992,1212.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Drawn by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1990-1991

drawing

Museum number: 2008,7024.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Drawn by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1963

drawing

Museum number: 1992,1212.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Drawn by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1990-1991

drawing

Museum number: 1992,1212.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Drawn by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1990-1991

print; portfolio

Title: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Polly put the Kettle on Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.13 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.11 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: There was a Man of Double Deed Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.23 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: How many Miles to Babylon? Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.15 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Three Blind Mice II Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.10 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Hey diddle diddle Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.9 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print

Title: Rock a bye baby |
Museum number: 2004,0602.134 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1994

print; portfolio

Title: Sing a Song of Sixpence II Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.18 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Sing a Song of Sixpence I Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.17 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Little Miss Muffet II Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.4 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Hickety, Pickety Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.16 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: The Grand Old Duke of York Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.24 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary I Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.7 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print

Title: Three Blind Mice II Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2004,0602.136 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print

Title: Jane Eyre |
Museum number: 2003,0531.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paula RegoPublished by:Marlborough Graphics |
Production date: 2001-2002

print; portfolio

Title: Little Miss Muffet III Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.5 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: A Frog he would a-wooing go I Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.19 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Humpty Dumpty Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: A Frog he would a-wooing go II Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.20 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Jack and Jill Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Dance to your Daddy Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.25 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Ride a cock-horse Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.6 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print

Title: Baa Baa Black Sheep Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2004,0602.137 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Ring-a-ring o' Roses Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.22 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print

Title: Untitled 1 |
Museum number: 2004,0602.135 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1999

print

Title: Crumpled |
Museum number: 2003,0531.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paula RegoPublished by:Marlborough Graphics |
Production date: 2001-2002

print; portfolio

Title: Goosey-goosey Gander Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.12 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Who killed Cock Robin? I Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.8 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: Old King Cole Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.14 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

print; portfolio

Title: The Old Woman who lived in a Shoe Nursery Rhymes |
Museum number: 2016,7069.1.21 |
Producer name: BIOG43305 Print made by:Paula Rego |
Production date: 1989

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