Biografie von Ebba RAPP (1909-1985)

Birth place: Seattle, WA

Death place: Seattle

Addresses: Seattle

Profession: Painter, sculptor, printmaker, teacher

Studied: Cornish A. Sch., Seattle; Univ. of Wash. with A. Archipenko summers of 1935-36

Exhibited: Women Painters, Wash., 1937 (prize); Northwest PM, SAM, 1937 & Northwest Annuals, 1944 (solo); WFNY, 1939; University of Puget Sound, 1954; Frye AM, 1955 (solo); Denver AM; Grand Rapids Art Gal. (Michigan)

Member: Women Painters of Wash.

Work: sculpture commissions: Seattle Pub. Lib., Magnolia Branch; Univ. of Washington Law Sch.; St. Barnabas Church, Bainbridge Island; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Mercer Island.

Comments: Successful portraitist who made a transition into sculpture. Rapp executed portraits in oil of such people as Nellie Cornish, former governor Rosellini, and writer Mary McCarthy. Subject matter included female forms and compositions based on Northwest Indian motifs. Position: teacher, Cornish Art School Sculpture Dept, 1939-41 (instr., anatomy, drawing and sculpture) and Edison Voc. School.

Sources: WW40; Trip and Cook, Washington State Art and Artists; addl. info courtesy Martin-Zambito Fine Art, Seattle, WA.