Waterlilies

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Title

Waterlilies

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Rita Angus could have made a career as a botanical artist. The natural world of plants and flowers was fundamental to her comprehension of life, and the attributes of the botanical artist were the basics of her style: intuitive understanding of colour and form, coupled with sound draughtsmanship and technical skills. Watercolours such as Passionflower (1943) and Irises (1942) highlight these characteristics admirably.1 Her own nature, however, dictated a more complex path for Angus. Plants ...

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Format

Image

Date created

1950

Creator

Rita Angus

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/330128

Related subjects

Flowers / Water lilies / Gardens / Nature / watercolour / paper / watercolours / works on paper / Waikanae

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