What is Paula Rego?
{{Infobox artist | name = Paula Rego | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = The Maids (1987) | birth_name = Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1935|1|26}} | birth_place = [[Lisbon]], Portugal | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|6|8|1935|1|26}} | death_place = [[London]], England | nationality = Portuguese/British | spouse = {{marriage|[[Victor Willing]]|1959|1988|end=his death}} | children = 3; including [[Victoria Willing|Victoria]] and [[Nick Willing|Nick]] | field = Painting, printmaking | awards = [[Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] | honorific_prefix = [[Dame]] | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] [[Military Order of Saint James of the Sword|GCSE GOSE]] [[Royal Academician|RA]] }} '''Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|list=[[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] [[Military Order of Saint James of the Sword|GCSE GOSE]] [[Royal Academician|RA]]|size=100%}} (26 January 1935 – 8 June 2022) was a Portuguese-British [[visual artist]]. She was known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Her works were seen as [[Abstract art|abstract]] and used [[pastel]]s. Her works were usually about [[feminism]]. She was the first [[artist-in-residence]] at the [[National Gallery]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/paula-rego-1823|title=Paula Rego born 1935|last=Tate|website=Tate|language=en-GB|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> Rego died after a short illness, on 8 June 2022 in London at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jun/08/paula-rego-artist-dies-aged-87 |title=Artist Paula Rego, known for her visceral and unsettling work, dies aged 87 |date=8 June 2022 |last=Abdul |first=Geneva |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rego, Paula}}