Central Otago

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Title

Central Otago

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Rita Angus paints the entire region of Central Otago into this dense canvas, loaded with layers of colour. Colour, scale, and perspective change constantly – from the huge tree on Lake Wakatipu, to the craggy red outlines of the Kyeburn Diggings in the lower half of the work. Angus has captured the vastness and variety of the Otago landscape, as well as the shifting effects of summer heat, light, and wind. The work was commissioned by the composer Douglas Lilburn - a close friend of Angus’s....

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Format

Image

Date created

1953-56/1969

Creator

Rita Angus

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/44236

Related subjects

Landscapes (Representations) / Churches / Lakes & ponds / Mountains / Clutha-Central Otago (New Zealand) / New Zealand / oil paint / canvas / paintings / Wellington

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