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Paula Rego
(
British/Portuguese
, 1935–2022)
Paula Rego
Study for the Rehearsal,
1989
Not for Sale
Biography
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1935
Born in Lisbon
1945 - 1951
Educated in St Julian's School, Carcavelos
1952 - 1956
The Slade School of Art, London
1976
Lives in London
1992
Honorary Master of Art, Winchester School of Art, 12 June
1999
Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 24 June
Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 8 July
2000
Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Rhode Island School of Design, USA, 3 June
2002
Honorary Doctorate of Letters, The London Institute, 23 May
2004
Grã Cruz da Ordem de Sant'Iago da Espada presented by the President of Portugal
2005
Commissioned by the Royal Mail to produce a set of Jane Eyre Stamps
Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Oxford University, June
2006
Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to paint Sir David Hare
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Exhibitions
2007
Paula Rego O Vinho, a series of eight lithographs, Marlborough Fine Art, 6 September – 6 October, and at Galeria Marlborough, Madrid (solo)
Paula Rego Retrospective exhibition, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 25 September – 30 December. Travelling to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, 1 February – 25 May 2008 (solo)
2006
Paula Rego, Marlborough Fine Art, London, 11 October – 18 November (solo)
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, March travelling to the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, April-May
Drawing Inspiration, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, 4 April – 1 July, catalogue with introduction by Deanna Petherbridge
Trazos Cercanos. Siete Pintores Portugueses, Centro Cultural Caixanova, Vigo, 30 March – 7 May; Centro Social Caixanova, Ourense, 11 May – 18 June
2005 - 2007
Paula Rego Printmaker, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, 5 August – 24 September; Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 12 November – 22 January 2006; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 4 February – 7 May; University Gallery, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 May – 30 June; Royal College of Art, London 9 – 15 October 2006; Paula Rego Graven Images, Waterhall Gallery of Modern Art, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 23 June – 7 October 2007 (solo)
2005
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Pastel Society, Pall Mall, 2-13 March
Only Make Believe, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, 23 March – 5 June
O Nome Que No Peito Escrito Tinhas, Alcobaça Monastery, Portugal
2004
Five Painters from Portuguese Modernity (1911-1965), Amadeo de Souza-Cardosa, Almada Negreiros, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Joaquin Rodrigo & Paula Rego, La Pedrera, Fundaçao Caixa de Catalan, Barcelona, 17 February - 16 May.
Paula Rego, Serralves Museum, Oporto, 15 October 2004-23 January 2005 (solo)
Paula Rego in Focus, Tate Britain, 27 October 2004 – 2 January 2005 (solo)
2003
The Enduring Image, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, 12 February – 3 April
La Fête, Le Bellevue, Biarritz, 26 June – 5 October; Museo Valenciano de la
ARCO’03, Galeria 111, Madrid
100 Anos, 100 Artistas, S.N.B.A, Lisboa
2002
Jane Eyre, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven (solo)
2001
The School of London and their Friends – The Collection of Elaine and Melvian Merians Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase
Celestina’s House, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal (solo)
2000
Paula Rego, da colecção Manuel de Brito, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Fortaleza de São Tiago, Funchal (solo)
Encounters: New Art from Old, National Gallery, Londres
1999
Five Portuguese Painters, Guinness Hopstore, Dublin
O Crime do Padre Amaro e Untitled, Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa (solo)
1998
Arte Portuguesa Anos 60/90, Galeria 111, Lisboa
A Escola de Londres. De Bacon a Bevan, Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Paris
1997
Exposição Retrospectiva, Tate Gallery, Liverpool (solo)
Exposição Retrospectiva, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa (solo)
1996
Marlborough Gallery, Nova Iorque (solo)
David Hockney: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm; Paula Rego: Nursery Rhymes, University Museum, Long Beach, California
Spellbound: Art and Film, Hayward Gallery, Londres
1995
An American Passion-The Summer Collection of Contemporary British Painting, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Royal College of Art, Londres
Nursery Rhymes and Peter Pan, Annandale Galleries, Sydney; Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne (solo)
Colecção Manuel de Brito-Imagens de Arte Portuguesa do Século XX , Museu do Chiado, Lisboa
1994
Dog Woman, Marlborough Fine Art, Londres, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, (solo)
1993
Peter Pan, Galeria 111, Lisboa (solo)
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