Elise Constance Mourant (29 October 1921 – 29 April 1990) was a New Zealand artist. Works by Mourant are held in the collection of the

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Education

Mourant studied at

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prior to

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, alongside Thomas Arthur McCormack and

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. She studied painting at the

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in Dublin, the

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in London, and the Elam School of Fine Art in Auckland from 1943.

Career

Mourant was known for her landscapes,

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, and urban scenes. She exhibited with the Auckland Society of Arts (with solo exhibitions in 1947 and 1949) and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. She also exhibited with Christchurch-based art association,

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, in 1950. She was a member of the Rutland Group of artists, along with John Weeks, John and Charles Tole, and

Ida Eise Ida Gertrude Eise (9 September 1891 – 7 March 1978) was a New Zealand artist and art teacher. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 9 September 1891. She was a student of Edward Fristrom and painted in an impressionistic style. She taugh ...

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

Education

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