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Willing is the son of Portuguese painter Dame Paula Rego [1] and English artist Victor Willing and was largely brought up in Portugal, but settled in England at the age of 12 [2] after the family suffered a business collapse. In 2017, he directed a television film, Paula Rego, Secrets & Stories, about his mother, featuring his two sisters and ...
Mar 26, 2017 · Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories review - 'in pictures you can let all your rage out' The artist who talks freely about her marriage, but not the following 30 years. by Sarah Kent Sunday, 26 March 2017. Nick Willing filming his mother, Paula Rego, at work.
Paula Rego, Secrets & Stories: Directed by Nick Willing. With Paula Rego, Nick Willing, John McEwen, Jorge Sampaio. A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter Paula Rego directed by her son, the film maker Nick Willing.
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- 2017-04-06
A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter Paula Rego directed by her son, film-maker Nick Willing. Notoriously private and guarded, Rego opens up for the first time, surprising her son with secrets and stories of her unique life, battling fascism, a misogynistic art world and manic depression.
Mar 14, 2017 · Paula Rego with her work The Flying Mermaids (2017). Photo ©Nick Willing. Nick Willing, son of the renowned artist Paula Rego, has directed a documentary on the life and work of his mother, in ...
Dame Rego turned 86 in January, and is now quite frail, so it's her son Nick Willing – maker of the 2017 BBC documentary about her life Secrets and Stories – who assumes the role of relaying...
Apr 11, 2017 · Known for being fairly protective of her own privacy, Rego’s life is laid bare for the first time in this documentary directed by her son, Nick Willing, who uncovers stories from the painter’s eventful life, including her struggle against Portuguese fascism, her marriage to British artist Victor Willing, the misogyny of the art world and ...
