In career spanning 70 years, the late Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego created bold, visceral works inspired by fairy tales, her homeland and her own life. Photo: AP
Portuguese artist Paula Rego, who challenged gender stereotypes and denounced abuses of power in often visceral paintings infused with sombre fantasies and magic realism, died in London on June 8 at the age of 87 after a short illness.
"Portuguese culture has lost one of its most important and irreverent creators, someone who distinguished herself as a woman, human being and artist," said Carlos Carreiras, mayor of the town of Cascais, home to a museum dedicated to Rego's work.
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Paula Rego, obituary
In career spanning 70 years, the late Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego created bold, visceral works inspired by fairy tales, her homeland and her own life. Photo: AP
A man stands in front of the painting entitled "The Shipwreck, After ‘Marriage a la Mode’ by Hogarth" (1999), by artist Rego during the inauguration of the exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Malaga, Spain last April. Photo: AFP
Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (left) visits Paula Rego's exhibition during the inauguration at the Picasso Museum in Malaga, Spain last April. Photo: AFP
A woman stands next to the paintings entitled "Snare" (1987) (left) and "The Little Murderess" (1987), by Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego during the inauguration of the exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Malaga last April. Photo: AFP
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