# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rita-angus
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:51:14.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rita-angus"
name: "Rita Angus"
slug: "rita-angus"
description: "Henrietta Catherine Angus, known as Rita Cook early in her career, was a New Zealand painter who, alongside Colin McCahon and Toss Woollaston, is regarded as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century New Zealand art. She worked primarily in oil and watercolour, and became known for her portraits and landscapes."
tagline: "New Zealand artist (1908–1970)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Rita_Angus_cropped-monochrome.jpg/330px-Rita_Angus_cropped-monochrome.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1908-03-12"
deathDate: "1970-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.61
  momentum:             1.756954612005856
  historical:           10.29557466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ritaangus.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2487670"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ريتا أنجوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Angus"
    title: "Rita Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Angus"
    title: "Rita Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%86%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82"
    title: "Ρίτα Άνγκους"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Angus"
    title: "Rita Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Angus"
    title: "Rita Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Angus"
    title: "Rita Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Angus"
    title: "Rita Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Angus"
    title: "Rita Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Angus"
    title: "Rita Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rita_Angus"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7336470"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump