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Rita Angus, An Artist's Life Along with the works of Colin McCahon and Toss Wollaston, Angus' oil and water colours are considered among the most important in the development of twentieth-century New Zealand art. She was a pioneer of modern painting during the 1930s and 1940s and during the century since her birth works such as  Central Otago (1940) and Portrait of Betty Curnow  (1941-42) have become national icons. Although Angus is now one of Aotearoa’s best-loved painters, the story of her life remained little known and poorly understood before Jill Trevelyan's acclaimed and revelato...

Article – Howard Davis Rita Angus, An Artist’s Life Along with the works of Colin McCahon and Toss Wollaston, Angus’ oil and water colours are now considered among the most important in the development of twentieth-century New Zealand art.She was a pioneer of modern painting during the 1930s and 1940s and over one hundred years since her birth, works such as  Central Otago (1940) and Portrait of Betty Curnow  (1941-42) have become national icons. Although Angus has become one of Aotearoa’s best-loved painters, the story of her life remained little known and poorly understood befor...