paula rego

Paula Rego

Paula Rego

By MMaxi

Paula Rego The Family 1988 In The Family the absent father and husband returns to the picture plane, only to be manhandled by his daughter and his wife. As usual, the narrative clues are ambiguous, and the story could have several endings. Are the women...

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Paula Rego

Paula Rego

By MMaxi

The story at the heart of the painting came to Paula Rego ready-made in the form of Jean Genet's play The Maids (1947), itself based on the real-life case of the Papin sisters, Christine and Lea, who worked as maids for a rich Parisian family. One day,...

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