$48.00
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2021
Summary
Rita Angus: Unveiling a National Icon
Jill Trevelyan’s award-winning biography of Rita Angus, one of New Zealand’s foremost 20th-century artists, is back in print with a revised edition. This edition incorporates new perspectives on Angus, especially in light of the Royal Academy show in London.
Rita Angus, a pioneer of modern painting in the 1930s and 1940s, created iconic works like Rutu (1951), Central Otago (1940), and Portrait of Betty Curnow …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780995133822 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0995133824 |
| Author: | Jill Trevelyan |
| Publisher: | Te Papa Press |
| Imprint: | Te Papa Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.26kg |
| Dimensions: | 56mm x 235mm x 182mm |
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Critics Review
‘Making use of a cache of 400 letters written by the artists and composer Douglas Lilburn as well as the many published writings, books films and personal accounts Trevelyan has made the artist accessible with insights into her professional and personal life which gives us an appreciation of how and why she produced her art.’ – NZ Arts Review; ‘… the first and only bio of Rita Angus, feminist, pacifist, socialist, has been juiced and spruced by Jill Trevelyan … It’s stacked with the works of one of our best-loved painters …’ – NZ Listener.
About The Author
Jill Trevelyan
Jill Trevelyan is a Wellington art historian and curator. She is the editor of Toss Woollaston: A Life in Letters (Te Papa Press, 2004) and the co-author of Rita Angus: Live to Paint & Paint to Live (Random House, 2001). Her biography of Peter McLeavey won the book of the year award at the 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards.
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