Rita Angus

thumb|right|Rita Angus cropped-monochrome Henrietta Catherine Angus (12 March 1908 – 25 January 1970), also previously known as Rita Cook, was a prominent twentieth-century painter in New Zealand known for her oil and watercolour works. Quotes I haven't any desire for success or the limelight, and no further wish to explain myself. Neither do I wish to play, any more than I can help, a part in the world of petty tyranny, greed and murder, and war ... My pacifism and my paintings are now closely linked. Angus in a letter to composer Douglas Lilburn. As stated in NZ On Screen's "Lovely Rita," NZ On Screen 2007. NZ On Screen. Published: 2007. I live alone to work ... My friends are very few now, but more quality. Friends, family and works of art are the only reasons why I live. As stated in NZ On Screen's "Lovely Rita," NZ On Screen 2007. NZ On Screen. Published: 2007. It's all there, the strangeness, colour, exhilaration. As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022. I've tried through the medium of paint to express ... how simple and wonderful living is ... 1944 quote. As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022. I have been able to devote my energies to what I really am, a woman painter. It is my life. As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022. I have never lost my faith in my painting, my work, as a child or an adult, in sickness or health, success or failure, peace or war ... As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022. I am still trying to express ... the vast variations & endless possibilities in paint. As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022. I, as other painters do, live to paint and paint to live. In Angus' letter to Gordon Brown. As stated in City Gallery Wellington's "Rita Angus: Live to Paint and Paint to Live," City Gallery Wellington 2001. City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi. Published: 2001. I paint colour as a woman sees and hears... Angus wrote in 1948. As stated in Designers Institute of New Zealand's "Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Rita Angus: He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa, New Zealand Modernist," Designers Institute of New Zealand 2022. Designers Institute of New Zealand. Published: 2022. External links Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist Exhibition at Te Papa Category:Women from New Zealand Category:Women artists Category:1908 births Category:1970 deaths Category:Women born in the 1900s Category:Painters from New Zealand