A Pioneering Vision: The Life and Art of Rita Angus Henrietta Catherine Angus, a name forever etched in the annals of New Zealand art, was born on March 12, 1908, in Hastings – a small coastal town that would profoundly shape her artistic sensibility. Her early life was marked by constant relocation due to her father’s career as a carpenter and construction worker, a nomadic upbringing that instilled within her a keen observational eye and an independent spirit—qualities that would later inform her distinctive artistic vision. As the eldest of seven children, Rita demonstrated an exceptional…