Mountains, Cass

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Mountains, Cass

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"I am amazed that at one time ... I had the power & courage to paint 'Cass'." (Rita Angus, 1944) In May 1936, Rita Angus took the three-hour train journey from Christchurch to the Canterbury College Mountain Biological Station at Cass. She was accompanied by painters Louise Henderson and Julia Scarvell. Cass sits on tussocked plains at the base of Kā Tiritiri o te Moana – the Southern Alps. In the 1930s it was a favourite spot for Christchurch artists. The three women spent 10 days there, ske...

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Date created

1936

Creator

Rita Angus

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/41240

Related subjects

Landscapes (Representations) / Mountains / Huts / Arthur's Pass (New Zealand) / Canterbury (New Zealand) / watercolour / black chalk / paper / watercolours / works on paper / Canterbury

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