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Rita Angus was especially drawn to one particular tombstone in the Bolton Street cemetery. It had a carving of a dove – the universal symbol of peace. This dove appears in Flight , with other images of the Wellington landscape – the boats at Island...
Rita Angus’s portrait of Leo Bensemann presents a forceful young man with the striking looks of a film star. Light falls on his face, highlighting his features – the ruby red lips, rippling hair, and sweeping dark eyebrow. Bensemann is set against...
Contemporary art curator Sarah Farrar on New Zealand painter Rita Angus' Rutu -- a self-portrait in which the artist imagines herself as a Pacific goddess. E...
