ARTIST

Paula Rego's Mother and Daughter depicts a tense scene: a stern mother in yellow and a melancholic daughter in blue, bound by silent emotion.
Mother and Daughter

Paula Rego (1935–2022) was a Portuguese-born, London-based artist known for her powerful figurative paintings and pastels. Her work drew on folklore, memory, and everyday life to create unsettling narratives that confront themes of power, gender, and desire. Rego’s bold, uncompromising imagery established her as one of the most influential figurative artists of her generation.