Pippa, my cousin in Portugal, has just reminded me of the family friendship with the Regos…all in the past now, but her grandmother often had tea with Paula's mother and also visited their summer house at Ericeira near Cascais and Estoril.
Pippa's seen many of Paula Rego's exhibitions in Lisbon and still sees 'Strange dwarfish people in Portugal just like some of her models'.
Pippa's mother, my aunt, and her two sisters knew Paula until she moved to London and the Slade in the 50's and met a fellow student…and then there was the scandal…
