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.
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painter, was born on 4 October 1875 at Temuka, New Zealand.

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1995
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2011

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