Biography: Angus, Rita

Rita Angus painting self portrait

Jean Bertram took this photograph of Rita Angus painting a self portrait in the mid-1930s.

Using this item

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: CA000242/001/0001

by Jean Bertram

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Jill Trevelyan. 'Angus, Rita', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated May 2015. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47376/rita-angus-painting-self-portrait (accessed 27 June 2026).