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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Donna Ferguson

Edvard Munch’s formative influence on Paula Rego revealed in unearthed painting

In harmony … Edvard Munch’s The Scream (c1910) and Paula Rego’s The Drought (1953).
In harmony … Edvard Munch’s The Scream (c1910) and Paula Rego’s Drought (1953). Photograph: Edvard Munch/The Estate of Paula Rego

He is the towering modern artist of the Nordics; she the most influential figurative painter of the Iberian peninsula. But for decades, no one realised there was a line of influence between Edvard Munch and Paula Rego.

Now, the discovery of an early painting and a previously overlooked letter by the late Rego has revealed the formative role the Norwegian painter played in shaping the Portuguese artist’s work and career.

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