Rita Angus, 'Leo Bensemann' - Print New Zealand Artist

Rita Angus, 'Leo Bensemann' - Print New Zealand ArtistIn February 1938 Leo Bensemann and his companion Lawrence Baigent moved into a studio flat next door to Rita Angus at 97 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch. Both studios opened on to a shared kitchen, and the three friends met for meals in the evenings and often hosted parties together. Between them they had a wide social network, and the Cambridge Terrace studios soon became a hub of the local art world, attracting writers and musicians as well as

as well as the blobfish

His more iconographic wood engraving series became one of his most famed series

Jill Trevelyan traces Angus’s life

Informative essays by expert contributors outline the intricate techniques employed in kākahu construction and also explain the tradition and spiritual significance of weaving

the Non Fiction books in our collection offer incredible insight into the academia behind our national museum

Hamish Keith dubbed this style of art as “New Zealandism”

then a coloured painting

English-language edition

Queer lives give rise to a vast array of objects: the things we fill our houses with

Commenting on The Group’s 1947 exhibition

The unique designs are inspired by our unique New Zealand identity

His skill at engraving was born out of his history as a jewellery designer