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Paula Rego

1935 - 2022

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Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego (Portuguese: [ˈpawlɐ ˈʁeɣu]: 26 January 1935 – 8 June 2022) was a Portuguese-British visual artist, widely considered the pre-eminent woman artist of the late 20th and early 21st century, known particularly for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Rego's style evolved from abstract towards representational, and she favoured pastels over oils for much of her career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paula Rego has received more than 564,878 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paula Rego is the 718th most popular painter (up from 777th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 161st in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Painter.

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  • 560k

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  • 55.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paula Rego ranks 718 out of 1,421. Before her are Mihály Munkácsy, Esaias van de Velde, Jan van Huysum, Luis de Morales, John Martin, and Sidney Paget. After her are Carle Vernet, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Will Sampson, Michiel Coxie, Apollodorus, and Hans Richter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Paula Rego ranks 110. Before her are John Phillips, Robert Silverberg, Mário Coluna, Chaim Topol, Bruno Sammartino, and Charles Grodin. After her are Nikos Sampson, Wang Hongwen, Jerry Fodor, Mario Camus, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, and Marc Augé. Among people deceased in 2022, Paula Rego ranks 118. Before her are Siniša Mihajlović, Fred Ward, Nick Holonyak, Evaristo Carvalho, Hermann Nitsch, and Joseph Kittinger. After her are A. B. Yehoshua, Paul Sorvino, Ian McDonald, Michel Bouquet, Olavo de Carvalho, and Eduard Kukan.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Paula Rego ranks 156 out of 555. Before her are Humberto Delgado (1906), Urraca of Portugal (1150), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), Infanta Benedita of Portugal (1746), Félix Mourinho (1938), and Jesualdo Ferreira (1946). After her are Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402), Constance of Portugal (1290), Peter, Constable of Portugal (1429), Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), and Paulo Sousa (1970).

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Among PAINTERS In Portugal

Among painters born in Portugal, Paula Rego ranks 1. After her are Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887), Nadir Afonso (1920), José Malhoa (1855), and Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857).

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