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Paula Figueiroa Rego (1935 - )
Paula Figueiroa Rego
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Painted official presidency portrait of Jorge Sampaio Art Work
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Paula Figueiroa Rego |
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Female |
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Lisbon |
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Portuguese |
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1935 |
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Quick Facts
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Painted official presidency portrait of Jorge Sampaio |
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Painting
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Biography
Born in Lisbon in 1935, Paula Figueiroa Rego's work often gives a sinister edge to storybook imagery, emphasizing malicious domination or the subversion of natural order. She deals with social realities that are polemic.
Rego's style is often compared to cartoon illustration. As in cartoons, animals are often depicted in human roles and situations. Her later work adopts a more realistic style, but sometimes keeps the animal references.
Clothes play an important role in Rego's work. Many of the clothes worn by models and mannequins in her work are representative of the dresses she wore as a child in Portugal.
Rego has also painted a portrait of Germaine Greer as well as the official presidency portrait of Jorge Sampaio. Rego only ever painted one self-portrait. |
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