Ada Plante b. 4 October 1875

Also known as Ada May Plante
  • Artist (Painter)
Plante studied at the Académie Julian, Paris, where she lived off little more than biscuits. She later emerged as Modernist, and in 1932 was a founding exhibitor with the Melbourne Contemporary Group of Post-Impressionist painters.

Citations

  • Peers, Juliet (1990), 'Ada May Plante’, in The Melbourne Modernists, Victorian Art Society, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Phipps, Jennifer (1988), 'Ada May Plante’, in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, [Serle, G. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Lawler, Adrian (7 July 1950), 'A Tribute to Miss Ada Plante’, in Radio broadcast talk, Lawler Papers, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, (manuscript 12145).

  • (22 June 1990), 'Letter from R.E. Wittman to Juliet Peers 22 June 1990’, (Quoting Jock Frater).

  • Information sourced from Sumner, Alan.

  • Peers, Juliet (1993), 'More Than Just Gumtrees’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Information sourced from Toner, Enid (Mrs).

See also

  • 'Section 2, plate 84', Heritage biography.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book