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 Bernard Hall and Frederick McCubbin. Artistic Development and Influences Early Impressionist Phase: Plante initially painted in an impressionistic style, drawin…