The red of the concrete provides a pleasing contrast with the green of the vegetation. The museum provides a most appropriate home for the collection of works by the. Spectacular museums lotnictwa polskiego in poland and casa. Modern redcoloured museum devoted entirely to the works of portugueseborn artist paula rego and her husband. Dame paula rego is a portugueseborn visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. The son of toymakers, he grew up making all sorts of creatures, dolls and outfits in his spare time, experimenting with different materials and techniques. Her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folkthemes from. In 1965, she had her first solo exhibition at the sociedade. The company of women paula rego the company of women 1997 pastel on paper mounted on aluminium 170 x. Browse artwork and art for sale by paula rego and discover content, biographical information and recently sold works. Promenade museum construction documents on philau portfolios. The building makes use of certain aspects of the regions historical architecture, which is here. Cascais portugal tourism guide fully updated for 2020.
Dame maria paula figueiroa rego dbe ra born 26 january 1935 is a portugueseborn visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Rego created her work in response to a referendum to legalise abortion in portugal, which was very narrowly defeated. Influence of surrealism artists directly involved with the surrealist movement. These works are constructed out of raw and expressive gestures that are subject to constant alteration. Oporto university to click below link and download in pdf format. See available prints and multiples, works on paper, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist. She went to finishing school in england and then won a place at the slade school of fine art. Her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folkthemes from her native portugal. Her forceful compositions are imbued with crueltyboth subtle and overtand permeated with a sense of. With paula rego, nick willing, john mcewen, jorge sampaio. Artist paula rego exhibition, art for sale and biography. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. The purposebuilt building housing it was opened in 2000 and was built in the place of rugbys previous library. Regos style has evolved from abstract towards representational, and she has favoured pastels over oils for much of her career.
The earthen red conical forms of this museum dedicated to the artist paula rego, sit in pungent contrast to the green surroundings. The building makes use of certain aspects of the regions historical architecture, which is here reinterpreted in a contemporary way. Wright20 2017 wayzata, minnesota welcomed home a new form of architecture that was created by one of americas most famous architects, frank gehry. Paula rego obedience and defiance national galleries. Whilst still a young man, mueck commenced his professional career as a model maker and. Born in portugal, paula rego is one of britain s leading artists. Exhibit explores life of contemporary artist paula rego youtube. Paula rego, a new museum dedicated to the artist is opening in cascais near lisbon paula rego paula figueiroa rego, born is a portuguese painter, illustrator and printmaker. Paula rego, abortion series, set of 8 etchings, untitled ll, 1999. One day, frightened for no apparent reason other than that of a power cut which inconvenienced and possibly frightened the sisters, they brutally. Rego is one of the most important artists living in britain today. Tiphani hodges philadelphia, pennsylvania, united states. See more ideas about artist, paula rego art and drawings.
Paula rego began to experiment with pastels in 1994. Born in lisbon, portugal, dame paula rego b1935 is one of europes most influential contemporary figurative artists. Pysall ruge architekten museum of polish aviation krakow, poland. Throughout his life, paula rego passionately supports the benfica football club by the way, the artists grandfather was one of.
Along the top section of the painting a monstrous female formthat we now know to be a portrayal of her husbands new loverfarts out a phallic shapedtongue. This intimate film follows the artist from her retrospective at the reina sofia in madrid back to the privacy of her studio in london while she talks with humour and candour about her compulsion to produce works that, though accessible, deal with the most private themes. Portugueseborn british painter of figure, animal, and fantasy subjects. Paula rego is a portuguese artist known for her paintings and prints which are often based on childrens folktales. In their citation, the pritzker prize jury called the paula rego museum both civic and intimate, and so appropriate for the display of art. Paula rego was born on january 26, 1935, in lisbon, portugal. Her father became an electrical engineer for the british firm marconi but when rego was born, he was still studying.
The following year, rego was named a dame of the british empire. Baltic sea kunst dokk lcla office landscape diagram. Ryue nishizawa teshima art museum, teshima, kagawa, japan. The museum provides a most appropriate home for the collection of works by the internationally distinguished artist paula rego, who lived in estoril for many years. Oct 20, 2010 portugeseborn painter paula rego was made a dame commander by the queen today, and described the honour as a wonderful experience she has been creating magical pictures based on childhood. Roman frontier, tullie house museum and art gallery, carlisle redman. A highly poetic abstract exploration for portugals first lighthouse museum. The exterior surfaces, finished with a rough texture, interact with the sun, highlighting its subtle strokes and. Traditional tales in paula regos artistic career museu. This smallscale exhibition highlights three pivotal phases in paula regos work, showing the breadth of her artistic practice as well as tracing recurrent themes that span her career paula regos works take real and imagined stories as their starting points, though she allows the complex narratives in her pictures to evolve out of the. Following her marriage to the painter victor willing, rego returned to portugal to live in ericeira.
Paula rego was born in lisbon and studied at the slade school of fine art, london. Detail in contemporary concrete architecture ebook, 2012. She studied at the slade school, where she met her husband, the painter victor willing 192888. In addition to bacon and freud, the show features a group of artists who have marked an epoch, inspired generations, and used painting to illustrate life. The oxford dictionary of art and artists oxford university press.
Mcwilliam, iran do espirito santo, rebecca horn and colin middleton among others. Obedience and defiance was a survey of the portuguese artists work that brought politics to the fore. Artist paula rego biography, exhibitions, art for sale, latest news and work. He has received many awards, has participated in numerous seminars and given many lectures both in portugal and abroad. Paula rego, who was born into a privileged family in portugal during a dictatorship though she was being repressed and restrained by my. Paula rego is a renowned and famous portuguese visual artist and painter, who is celebrated for paintings and prints that depict great tales from famous story books. In 2004, she had another retrospective at the serralves museum in porto, which was so popular that it had to keep its doors open 24 hours a day.
The winton guest house is known for its unique the penny winton hired frank gehry in 1984,read more. Last days to see the exhibition bacon, freud and the school of london. D ame paula rego is wearing a red cardigan and a necklace of brightly coloured mice. A painter of stories celebrated for her dark, complex paintings, prints, drawings, and collages, paula rego draws upon folk and fairytales, literature, and her own biography to create politically charged, deeply unsettling tableaux. Paula regos particular focus in these stories on the adventures of a heroine, such as brancaflor, reveal that the artist sets out from a personal point of view, identifying with her characters in their confrontation with tragic events, like those that marked her own family life in the mid1970s, and in the conflict of their double nature, sexual and maternal. Rego is an incredibly important cultural figure in portugal, considered to be one of the nations most famous and influential artists. Snow white playing with her fathers trophies paula rego 1995 snow white swallows the poisoned apple paula rego 1995 120 out of 36 load more. Neel, nicola lopez, paula rego, betye saar, kiki smith, joan snyder, kara walker. Simply put, cascais is a wonderful destination for a holiday. The museums large collection is rotated every few months following different themes. The palette of boldly coloured walls offsets the starkness of the grey. Her parents were anglophiles paula spoke english from infancy, and at 17 she entered the slade art school in london.
The british council collection has 8500 works of modern and contemporary british art. Ron mueck was born during the year of 1958, in the capital of australia, melbourne, to german parents. Cascais boasts a wide variety of cultural sights and enjoyable activities, while the beaches of the region are stunning. Often taken from literature, myths, fairy tales, cartoons, theatre, current events, religious subjects and her own life, regos characters confront both urgent social issues and memories of her portuguese childhood. Tolkiens 18921973 literary masterpieces, represented in the set of books known as the lord of the ringsfirst published in three volumes in 195455 and the hobbit which. Apr 12, 2017 now, at the paula rego house of stories art museum in cascais, just outside of lisbon, visitors are getting the chance to explore the artists life like never before. In 1936, he decided to finish his studies in england and moved to the uk with. Dame paula rego, dbe born 26 january 1935, is a portuguese visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks.
From cascais there are many fascinating day trips, including. The story at the heart of the painting came to paula rego readymade in the form of jean genets play the maids 1947, itself based on the reallife case of the papin sisters, christine and lea, who worked as maids for a rich parisian family. A white, massive, enclosed volume, built in paired styrofoam blocks, rests on a blue carpet floor, assuming itself as a cultural exception space that simultaneously abstracts and inevitably relates to its context the commercial space. She was an only child, her family was wealthy and as such she had a comfortable upbringing. The building was designed in keeping with the artists own wishes, and it was paula rego herself who selected the architect. Buy paula rego original artwork and paintings at marlborough gallery.
Paula rego biography, interesting facts, famous artworks. Painter paula rego becomes a dame art and design the guardian. I always like to stress the meaning of the word assignment over some of my projects, it is becoming more and more clear that after 2. The painting the dance by paula rego in the pushkin state museum of fine arts during the exhibition francis bacon, lucian freud, and the school of london. Since september 2009 the artist has a museum dedicated to her. Sitting in her studio surrounded by a strange population of lifesize dollies, discombobulated animals. It was designed to be fully in keeping with her wishes, having indicated that it should be fun, lively and also a bit mischievous. Michael andrews, frank auerbach, leon kossoff, and paula rego. Already as a student, he showed a natural inclination for the world of architecture.
In 199899 portuguese born artist paula rego created a series of work entitled untitled. Storytelling is at the heart of everything she does the 82yearold artists show includes a series of five selfportraits made soon after she fell. The paula rego museum is also a design created by the portuguese architect. Her work has featured the bold yet beautiful topics of feminism reflected through traditional folklore of portugal. The structure functions as a place of convergence of mourners and for the. It can be immediately recognised thanks to its two pyramidshaped towers and the redcoloured concrete used in its construction. Acknowledging the gap between sex education and the lived experiences of young people. She became completely seduced by the tactile quality of the material, which she described as like painting with your fingers. The museum is made up of two pyramidshaped buildings of equal size, made of red concrete coloured with bayferrox pigments. Andre breton was the leader of the surrealist movement and author of the surrealist manifesto, 1924. Until 23 february at chiostro del bramante in rome, italy. Santa marta lighthouse museum by aires mateus, cascais, portugal. This major exhibition was the first ever retrospective of paula regos work to be held in scotland. A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter paula rego directed by her son, the film maker nick willing.
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