What is Rita Angus known for?
Oil painting
Watercolor painting
Rita Angus/Known for
Where did Rita Angus live?
In 1954 Angus went to live at Mangonui in Northland, but found life too isolated there. The following year she bought an old cottage at 194A Sydney Street West, in Wellington, which became her home for the rest of her life.
Is Rita Angus still alive?
Deceased (1908–1970)
Rita Angus/Living or Deceased
Where did Rita Angus come from?
Hastings, New Zealand
Rita Angus/Place of birth
Who influenced Rita Angus?
Among Angus’ influences were Byzantine art and cubism. She was also influenced by the English painter Christopher Perkins’ 1931 painting of Mount Taranaki, a response to New Zealand’s distinctive clear lighting.
What school did Rita Angus go to?
Ilam School of Fine Arts
Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of AucklandUniversity of CanterburyPalmerston North Girls’ High SchoolChelsea College of Art & Design
Rita Angus/Education
How old was Rita Angus when she died?
61 years (1908–1970)
Rita Angus/Age at death
From December 1969, Angus’ condition rapidly deteriorated; she died in Wellington Hospital of ovarian cancer on 25 January 1970, aged 61.
When did Rita Angus paint Cass?
1936
Cass, 1936, by Rita Angus. Cass is one of the iconic images of 20th-century New Zealand painting. The work depicts Cass railway station in inland Canterbury, an area that Rita Angus (1908–70) visited in 1936 with fellow artist Louise Henderson (1902–94). While the title is specific, the image is general.
Who painted Cass?
Rita Angus
Cass/Artists
Who is Rita Angus and what is her legacy?
Rita Angus has become one of New Zealand’s most critically acclaimed artists, and this house has been retained as a part of her legacy to the New Zealand art community which has a great amount of connection to the cottage.
Where did Rita Angus live in New Zealand?
This small cottage in Sydney Street West in Wellington was home to the artist Rita Angus from 1955 and inspired her creation of some of the best-known and most respected images in New Zealand modern art. The early history of the cottage is not a well-documented one. The land was purchased by A.J Swanson in 1874.
Who is the owner of Rita Angus cottage?
The documented history of the house begins on 6 September 1877 with a recorded mortgage to the Trustees of the Permanent Equitable Building and Investment Society to a Mr Bright, repaid in 1833. His widow Mary Swanson sold the land and house in 1916 to Catherine Duignan.
