Elise Mourant

Elise Constance Mourant (29 October 1921 – 29 April 1990) was a New Zealand artist.[1][2] Works by Mourant are held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[1]

Elise Mourant
Born
Elise Constance Mourant

(1921-10-29)29 October 1921
Wellington, New Zealand
Died29 April 1990(1990-04-29) (aged 68)
Royal Oak, Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
EducationWellington Technical College, National College of Art and Design (Dublin), Slade School of Fine Art (London), Elam School of Fine Art (London)
Known forPainting - landscapes

Education

Mourant studied at Wellington Technical College prior to World War II, alongside Thomas Arthur McCormack and Nugent Welch. She studied painting at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, the Slade School of Fine Art in London, and the Elam School of Fine Art in Auckland from 1943.[3]

Career

Mourant was known for her landscapes, still life paintings, and urban scenes. She exhibited with the Auckland Society of Arts (with solo exhibitions in 1947 and 1949)[4] and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.[5][6] She also exhibited with Christchurch-based art association, The Group, in 1950.[7] She was a member of the Rutland Group of artists, along with John Weeks, John and Charles Tole, and Ida Eise.[8]

Works by Mourant include: Summer landscape, Auckland; Irises; Lily Lane, Melbourne, and Poppies and cistus.[1]

References
  1. "Elise Mourant - Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. "Mourant, Elise Constance". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. "Spring Catalogue 2012" (PDF). pierre peeters gallery.
  4. "Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. "Artists exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. Robin Kay and Tony Eden (1983). Portrait of a Century: The History of the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts, 1882-1982. Millwood Press. ISBN 0908582609.
  7. "The Group 1950". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. "The Home Front, Volume II". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

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