Paula Rego
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"Dame Paula Rego", , is a Portuguese visual artist who is particularly well known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Rego’s style has evolved from abstract towards representational, and she has favoured pastels over oils for much of her career. Her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folk-themes from her native Portugal. Rego studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and was an exhibiting member of the London Group with David Hockney and Frank Auerbach. She was the first artist-in-residence at the National Gallery in London. She lives and works in London.

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It just didn't look like him; it looked like some movie star.

He was brilliantly still, and I've never known anyone so punctual.

On the contrary! It's an affectionate picture, a picture of a man of the theatre. It's not at all shocking. He just looks handsome. He's thinking, he's introspective.

If you put frightening things into a picture, then they can't harm you. In fact, you end becoming quite fond of them.