Immersive stories: Rita Angus paintings on Google Arts and Culture

Immerse yourself in ten stories about Rita Angus and some of her paintings from our collection on Google Arts and Culture. Learn about her life and thoughts while she was painting in locations around Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Rita Angus, Cleopatra, 1938, oil on canvas. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds © Reproduced courtesy of the Estate of Rita Angus. Te Papa (1998-0028-2)

Touring exhbition: Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist

Rita Angus created a distinctive vision of a new, modern New Zealand. This exhibition brings together a rich collection of 20 of her oil paintings.

A paintbrush in a glass of water and swirling blue paint

A Painter’s Journey: Rita Angus’s Central Otago

This film celebrates Rita Angus’s artistic practice – diving into her painting Central Otago (1953–56/1969).

Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist | He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa

The companion catalogue to the major Rita Angus show at Te Papa.

Immersive stories: Rita Angus paintings on Google Arts and Culture

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