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Ebba Rapp
Ebba Rapp
Ebba Rapp

Ebba Rapp

born Seattle, Washington, 1909; died Seattle, Washington, 1985
BiographyEbba Rapp was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor who studied at the Cornish School in Seattle, then at the University of Washington. During the summers of 1935 and 1936 she studied with sculptor Alexander Archipenko. She began teaching at Cornish in 1938 offering classes in anatomy, drawing, and sculpture. She and her husband, the photographer John McLauchlan, founded the Northwest Clay Club to promote craft-related art in the Northwest.

Rapp was a member of the Women Painters of Washington. She had several solo exhibitions including the Seattle Art Museum and Frye Art Museum. Her work also was included in the “American Art Today” exhibition at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. Rapp completed a number of commissions for local churches and her work can be found in museum collections throughout the Northwest.



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  • Seattle
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born La Crosse, Washington, 1918; died Pendleton, Oregon, 1985
Alexander Archipenko
born Kiev, Ukraine, 1887; died New York, New York, 1964
Anne Gould Hauberg
born Seattle, Washington, 1917; died Bellevue, Washington, 2016
Margaret Camfferman
born Rochester, Minnesota, 1881; died Everett, Washington, 1964
Viola Patterson
born Seattle, Washington, 1898; died Seattle, Washington, 1984
Elizabeth Catlett
born Washington, D.C., 1915; died Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2012
Marguerite Thompson Zorach
born Santa Rosa, California, 1887; died Brooklyn, New York, 1968
Reynold Weidenaar
born Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1915; died Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1985
John Matsudaira
born Seattle, Washington, 1922; died Seattle, Washington, 2007
Louise Lewis Gilbert
born Detroit, Michigan, 1900; died Seattle, Washington, 1987