List of illustrations

Plates

  1. 1 The Maids, 1987, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 2134 × 243.9 cm, Saatchi Collection, London.
  2. 2 Abracadabra, 1986, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 157 × 130 cm, private collection.
  3. 3 Two Girls and a Dog, 1987, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 150 × 150 cm, private collection.
  4. 4 In the Garden, 1986, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 150 × 150 cm, private collection.
  5. 5 Untitled b, 1986, Acrylic on paper, 112 × 76 cm, private collection.
  6. 6 Untitled c, 1986, Acrylic on paper, 112 × 76 cm, private collection.
  7. 7 Untitled d, 1986, Acrylic on paper, 112 × 76 cm, private collection.
  8. 8 Untitled g, 1986, Acrylic on paper, 112 × 76 cm, private collection.
  9. 9 The Cadet and His Sister, 1988, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 213.4 × 213.4 cm, private collection.
  10. 10 The Family, 1988, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 213.4 × 213.4 cm, Saatchi Collection, London.
  11. 11 Looking Out, 1997, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 180 × 130 cm, private collection.
  12. 12 Mother, 1997, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 180 × 130 cm, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
  13. 13 Amélia's Dream, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 162 × 150 cm, private collection.
  14. 14 In the Wilderness, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 180 × 130 cm, private collection.
  15. 15 Angel, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 180 × 130 cm, collection of the artist.
  16. 16 Untitled n. 1, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm, private collection.
  17. 17 Untitled n. 8, 1998–99, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm, private collection.
  18. 18 Untitled n. 6, 1998×99, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm, private collection.
  19. 19 Untitled n. 3, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm, private collection.
  20. 20 Untitled n. 7, 1998–99, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm, private collection.
  21. 21 Untitled n. 2, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm, private collection.
  22. 22 Love, 1995, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 120 × 160 cm.

Figures

  1. Introduction A patriot for me
    1. 1 Jaime Martins Barata, God, Motherland, Family: A Trilogy of National Education, 1938, Lithograph, 78 × 112 cm, © Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa.
  2. 1 Past history and deaths foretold: from the 1960s to the 1980s
    1. 2 Salazar Vomiting the Homeland, 1960, Oil on canvas, 94 × 120 cm, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
    2. 3 When We Used to Have a House in the Country, 1961, Collage and oil on canvas, 49.5 × 244.5 cm.
    3. 4 Iberian Dawn, 1962, Collage and oil on canvas, 72.5 × 92 cm, private collection.
    4. 5 The Fitting, 1990, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 183 × 132 cm, Saatchi Collection, London.
    5. 6 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Annunciation (Ance Ancilla Domini!), 1849–50, Oil on canvas, 72.6 × 41.9 cm (28⅝ × 16½ in), © Tate, London 2002.
    6. 7 The First Mass in Brazil, 1993, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 130 × 180 cm, private collection.
    7. 8 Time: Past and Present, 1990–91, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 183 × 183 cm, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
    8. 9 History I, History II and History III, 1986, Acrylic on paper on canvas, History I 154 × 128 cm, History II 153 × 112 cm, History III 153 × 112 cm.
    9. 10 The Interrogator's Garden, 2000, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 120 × 110 cm, private collection.
    10. 11 Dog Woman, 1994, Pastel on canvas, 120 × 160 cm, Saatchi Collection, London.
    11. 12 Pablo Picasso, The Monkey Painter, 1959, Colour pencils on paper, 37 × 29 cm, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, succession Picasso/DACS 2002.
    12. 13 Red Monkey Drawing, 1981, Acrylic on paper, 76.5 × 56 cm, private collection.
    13. 14 Looking Back, 1987, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 150 × 150 cm, Saatchi Collection, London.
    14. 15 Girl Lifting Up Her Skirt to a Dog, 1986, Acrylic on paper, 80 × 60 cm, private collection.
    15. 16 Snare, 1987, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 150 × 150 cm, British Council Collection, private collection.
    16. 17 The Little Murderess, 1987, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 150 × 150 cm, private collection.
    17. 18 Sleeping, 1986, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 150 × 150 cm, Arts Council of Great Britain, collection of the artist.
    18. 19 Untitled a, 1986, Acrylic on paper, 112 × 76 cm.
    19. 20 Prey, 1986, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 150 × 150 cm, private collection.
    20. 21 Untitled e, 1986, Acrylic on paper, 112 × 76 cm, private collection.
    21. 22 Untitled f, 1986, Acrylic on paper, 112 × 76 cm, collection of the artist.
  3. 2 (He)art history or a death in the family: the late 1980s
    1. 23 Pregnant Rabbit Telling Her Parents, 1982, Acrylic on paper, 103 × 141 cm, private collection.
    2. 24 Red Monkey Beats His Wife, 1981, Acrylic on paper, 61 × 105 cm, collection of the artist.
    3. 25 Lorenzo Lotto, The Nativity, 1523, Oil on panel, 18⅛ × 14⅛ in (46 × 35.9 cm), © 2001 Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
    4. 26 Wife Cuts Off Red Monkey's Tail, 1981, Acrylic on paper, 68 × 101 cm.
    5. 27 The Dance, 1988, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 213.4 × 274.3 cm, Tate Modern, London, Tate Gallery.
    6. 28 Departure, 1988, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 213.4 × 152.4 cm, collection of the artist.
    7. 29 Snow White Playing With Her Father's Trophies, 1995, Pastel on board, 170 × 150 cm, Saatchi Collection, London.
    8. 30 The Bullfighter's Godmother, 1990–91, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 122 × 152.4 cm, private collection.
    9. 31 The Soldier's Daughter, 1987, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 213.4 – 152.4 cm, private collection.
    10. 32 The Policeman's Daughter, 1987, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 213.4 – 152.4 cm, Saatchi Collection, London.
  4. 3 The sins of the fathers: mother and land revisited in the 1990s
    1. 33 Centaur, 1964, Collage and oil on canvas, 140 × 139 cm, collection of the artist.
    2. 34 The Company of Women, 1997, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 170 × 130 cm, collection of the artist.
    3. 35 The Cell, 1997, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 120 × 160 cm, Museu de Arte Moderna, Casa Serrales, Porto.
    4. 36 Johannes Vermeer, A Lady Writing, c. 1665, Oil on canvas, 17¾ × 15¾ in (45 × 39.9 cm), © 2001 Gift of Harry Waldron Havemeyer and Horace Havemeyer, Jr, in memory of their father, Horace Havemeyer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
    5. 37 The Ambassador of Jesus, 1997, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 180 × 180 cm, Saatchi Collection, London.
    6. 38 Girl with Gladioli and Religious Figures, 1997, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 160 × 120 cm, private collection.
    7. 39 Crivelli's Garden (left panel), 1990–91, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 190 × 240 cm, Sainsbury Wing (brasserie), National Gallery, London.
    8. 40 Lying, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 100 × 80 cm, private collection.
    9. 41 Girl with Chickens, 1997, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 120 × 80 cm, private collection.
    10. 42 Joseph's Dream, 1990, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 183 × 122 cm, private collection.
    11. 43 Martha, Mary and Magdalene, 1999, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, Triptych, Left panel 130 × 120 cm, Centre panel 130 × 120 cm, Right panel 130 × 120 cm, private collection.
    12. 44 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Two Women at a Window, c. 1655–60, Oil on canvas, 49¼ × 41⅛ in (125.1 × 104.5 cm), © 2001 Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
    13. 45 The Coop, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 150 × 150 cm, private collection.
    14. 46 The Annunciation, 1981, Collage and acrylic on canvas, 200 × 250 cm, private collection.
    15. 47 The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 170 × 150 cm, private collection.
    16. 48 Dancing Ostriches from Disney's "Fantasia", 1995, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, Triptych right panel 150 × 150 cm, Saatchi Collection, London.
  5. 4 An interesting condition: the abortion pastels
    1. 49 Domenico Veneziano, The Annunciation, c. 1445, Tempera on wood, 10¾ × 21¼ in (27.3 × 54 cm), © Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
    2. 50 Untitled triptych, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, Left panel (a): 110 × 100 cm, Centre panel (b): 110 × 100 cm, Right panel (c): 110 × 100 cm.
    3. 51 Untitled, 18 × 24 cm, © Photo Serge Jacques c. 1954.
    4. 52 Untitled, 18 × 24 cm, © Photo Serge Jacques c. 1954.
    5. 53 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La Source, 1856, Oil on canvas, 163 × 80 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, © For photograph Agence Photographique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux.
    6. 54 Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, c. 1485, Tempera on canvas, 172.5 × 278.5 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Photograph © 2001 Scala Group, Florence.
    7. 55 François Boucher, Nude on a Sofa (Louise O'Murphy), 1752, Oil on canvas, 59 × 73 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
    8. 56 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Blonde Bather, 1881, Oil on canvas, 32 × 26 in (78 × 64 cm), Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachussetts.
    9. 57 Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar, 1941, Oil on linen, 28¾ × 23¾ in (73 × 60.2 cm), © 2001 Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, © succession Picasso/DACS 2003.
    10. 58 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Girl with a Hoop, 1885, Oil on canvas, 49½ × 30⅛ in (125.7 × 76.6 cm), © 2001 Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
    11. 59 George Romney, Miss Juliana Willoughby, 1781–83, Oil on canvas, 36¼ × 28⅛ in (92.1 × 71.5 cm), © 2001 Andrew W. Mellon Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
    12. 60 Untitled n. 4, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm, Photograph courtesy of Marlborough Fine Art.
    13. 61 Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, c. 1620, Oil on canvas, 170 × 136 cm, © Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Photograph © 2001 Scala Group, Florence.
    14. 62 Raphael, The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna, 1508, Oil on panel, 31¾ × 22⅝ in (80.7 × 57.5 cm), © 2001 Andrew W. Mellon Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
    15. 63 Moretto da Brescia, Pietà, 1520s, Oil on panel, 69⅛ × 38¾ in (175.8 × 98.5 cm), © 2001 Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
    16. 64 Titian, Tarquin and Lucretia, c. 1570, Oil on canvas, 188 × 145.1 cm, © Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
    17. 65 Peter Paul Rubens, The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus, c. 1618, Oil on canvas, 224 × 210.5 cm, © Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
    18. 66 François Boucher, Danaë Receiving the Golden Shower, 1757, Red, white and black chalk with gouache, 12⅜ × 181 5/16 in (31.5 × 48 cm), © 2001 Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
    19. 67 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La Grande Odalisque, 1814, Oil on canvas, 91 × 162 cm, © Musée du Louvre, Paris, © Photograph Agence Photographique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux.
    20. 68 Paul Gauguin, Nevermore, 1897, Oil on canvas, 23¾ × 45¾ in (59.5 × 116 cm), Courtauld Gallery, Courtauld Institute, London.
    21. 69 Edgar Degas, Nude Woman Drying Her Left Foot, 1885–86, Pastel on buff heavy-wove paper, 21⅜ × 20⅝ in (53 × 50.5 cm), © Musee d'Orsay, Paris, © Photograph Agence Photographique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux.
    22. 70 R. B. Kitaj, The Yellow Hat, 1980, Pastel and charcoal on paper, 30½ × 22¾ in (77.5 × 57.8 cm), © The Artist, courtesy Marlborough Fine Art, London.
    23. 71 Frida Kahlo, Birth or My Birth, 1932, Oil on metal, 30.3 × 35 cm, © 2003 Banco de México, Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust and CENIDIAP/INBA Fondo Frida Kahlo.
    24. 72 Untitled n. 10, 1998–99, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm.
    25. 73 Untitled (sketch 7), 1998, Pencil on paper, 31 × 42 cm, collection of the Artist.
    26. 74 Untitled (sketch 9), 1998, Pencil on paper, 31 × 42 cm, collection of the Artist.
    27. 75 Target, 1995, Pastel on canvas, 160 × 120 cm, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
    28. 76 Untitled n. 5, 1998, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm.
    29. 77 Untitled n. 9, 1998–99, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 110 × 100 cm.
    30. 78 Untitled (sketch 3), 1998, Pencil on paper, 31 × 42 cm, Collection of the Artist.
    31. 79 Untitled (sketch 8), 1998, Pencil on paper, 42 × 31 cm, Collection of the Artist, Photograph courtesy of Marlborough Fine Art.
  6. Conclusion – Artist and model: let me count the ways I love you
    1. 80 William Hogarth, Shortly after the Marriage or The Tête-à-Tête (panel 2 from Marriage à-la-Mode), 1742–43, Oil on canvas, Average size 70 × 90.5 cm, London, Trustees of the National Gallery.
    2. 81 Triptych after Marriage à la Mode by Hogarth, 1999: The Betrothal after Marriage à la Mode by Hogarth, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 150 × 160 cm, Lessons after Marriage à la Mode by Hogarth, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 150 × 90 cm, The Shipwreck after Marriage à la Mode by Hogarth, Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 150 × 160 cm, Tate Gallery.
    3. 82 Bad Dog, 1994, Pastel on canvas, 120 × 160 cm, private collection.

The author would like to thank the following museums, galleries, institutions and individuals for permission to reproduce the pictures in this book:

Agence Photographique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Banco de Mexico, Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa, Lisbon

CENIDIAP (Centro Nacional de Investigacion, Documentation e Informacion de Artes Plasticas-Fondo Frida Kahlo), Mexico

Courtauld Gallery, Courtauld Institute, London

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

João M. B. Cabral and the heirs of Jaime Martins Barata

INBA (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes)-Fondo Frida Kahlo, Mexico

Marlborough Fine Art, London

Musée du Louvre, Paris

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

National Gallery, London (Trustees of the National Gallery)

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Prudence Cuming Associates (photography)

Serge Jacques Photos-Production, Paris

Scala Picture Library, Scala Group, Florence

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachussetts Tate Britain

Photographs of Paula Rego's works courtesy of Paula Rego and Marlborough Fine Art.