Angus, Rita
Names:
- Angus, Rita
- Cook, Mrs Rita
- Angus, Henrietta Catherine
- Mackenzie, Mrs Rita
Biographical details:
- Birth date
- 12 March 1908
- Death date
- 26 January 1970
- Birth place
- Hastings
- Birth country
- New Zealand
- Death place
- Wellington
- Death country
- New Zealand
- Wikidata
- Q7336470
Notes:
Rita Angus was born Henrietta Catherine Angus. She painted and exhibited under the name Rita Angus until about 1930, as Rita Cook between about 1930 and 1947 and as Rita Angus thereafter. All the sources in this database use the form Rita Angus.
Rita Angus' Te Ara biography is available online.
Artist files held at:
- Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library
- Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
- University of Auckland
- Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
- Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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