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Born Henrietta Catherine Augus - Hastings
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Rita Angus
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Attended Palmerston North Girls' High School
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Began studying at the Canterbury College School of Art
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Exhibited with the Canterbury Society of Arts
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Married Alfred Cook
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Both Rita Angus & her husband Alfred Cook taught at Napier Boys High School for two terms in 1931
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Exhibited "The Aviatrix" at the New Zealand Society of Artist's First General Exhibition
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Separated from Alfred Cook
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Worked for Christchurch "Press Junior" as an illustrator until 1937
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Painted "Cass"
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Painted "Self-portrait" 1936/37
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Briefly worked as a commercial artist for Ballantynes
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Painted Fay and Jane Birkenshaw
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"Cass" and "Self-portrait" exhibited in the National Centennial Exhibition
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Changed her name to Rita Catherine McKenzie
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Began painting "Betty Curnow"
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Exhibited "Betty Curnow" at Group Show
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Produced watercolours "Haycocks, Wainui", "Untitled (Akaroa Hills)", "Untitled (Passionflower)"and "Tree"
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Exhibited Regularly with the Group throughout 1943-47
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Painted Tree
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Painted "A Goddess of Mercy"
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Painted "Sun Goddess", and Robert Gormack portrait
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Completed "Rutu"
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Exhibited with the Group 1950-52
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Drawings of native plants done for School Journal
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Travelled through Central Otago painted studies
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Worked on "Central Otago" 1954-56
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Returned to Mangonui
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Five portraits were exhibited for the Group
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Bought a cottage at 194a Sydney St West, Thorndon Wellington
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First one person exhibition of 43 works at the Centre Gallery Wellington
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Was awarded a New Zealand Art Societies Fellowship which provided for a year of study in Europe
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Arrived in London and travelled through Europe
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Period: to
London and Europe
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Returned to Wellington
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Worked on a commission for a mural to celebrate Napier Girls High School Centenary
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Exhibited work at the Auckland City Art Gallery - contemporary New Zealand painting and sculpture
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Painted "Fireworks"
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Invited by Department of Internal Affairs to contribute to the 1965 Commonwealth Institute, London Exhibition: Contemporary Painting in New Zealand
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Painted "Before Demolition"
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Family exhibition at Centre Gallery showed painting by Rita Angus, sculpture by her sister Jean Jones and weaving by sister in law Timmy Angus
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Completed painting "Central Otago"
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Drawings made of Bolton Street Cemetery tombstones
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Painted Flight
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Rita Angus died
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References
References Text Rita Angus
National Art Gallery
1982 Images Front page
www.ritaangus.com Cass
Rutu
A Goddess of Mercy
Flight
www.prints.co.nz Tree
Betty Curnow
Central Otago
www.tepapa.govt.nz Fay & Jane Birkenshaw
www.aucklandartgallery.govt.nz Aviatrix
Google.images.com School Journal
www.natlib.govt.nz
