It required the ability to sit still for long periods, to strike the occasional pose. No day was the same – once, the artist asked her model to pretend to be suckling the breast of a papier-mâché mannequin – but for Anthony Rudolf, following the directions of artist Paula Rego was all in a day’s work.
Art Review: ‘Their relationship was a marriage between the literary and art world’
A series of gifts the artist Paula Rego gave to her principal male model Anthony Rudolf form a unique exhibition at the Ben Uri Gallery.
Dan Carrier, Westminster Extra, 1 August 2025
