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Ada May Plante
Ada May Plante: A Post-Impressionist Pioneer Early Life and Family Born: October 4, 1875, in Temuka, New Zealand. Her parents, Thomas Crowther Plante and Isabella Guthrie Plante, immigrated from England. Her father was a merchant. The family relocated to East Melbourne, Australia, in 1888. Plante attended Presbyterian Ladies' College in 1891 and later received formal training at the National Gallery School under Lindsay Bernar
d Hall and Frederick McCubbin. Artistic Development and Influences Early Impressionist Phase: Plante initially painted in an impressionistic style, drawing inspiration from artists like James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Transition to Post-Impressionism: She later embraced the post-impressionist style through encouragement from fellow artists William Frater and Lina Bryans. This transformation occurred while living in an artist's co…