biography of Lois RAPP (1907-1992)

Birth place: Norristown, PA

Profession: Painter, educator, illustrator, drawing specialist, teacher

Studied: Philadelphia College Art, diploma teacher's training & certificate illus., 1925-29; also with Earl Horter.

Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1942; Lansdale Art League, 1952 ( gold medal for Along the Schuylkill River); Am. Drawing Ann. XV, Norfolk, VA, 1957; Am. Watercolor Soc. 91st Ann., NYC, 1958; Regional Exhib., Philadelphia Mus Art, Pa, 1959; Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Pa, 1971; Woodmere Art Gallery, Phila., 1960 ( award for Meeting House Interior), 1963 (Falls of the Potomac), 1972.

Member: Am. Watercolor Soc.; Woodmere Art Gallery (exhib. committee, 1965-69); Philadelphia Watercolor Club (board directors, 1968-70).

Work: Woodmere Art Gallery, Phila.; Valley Forge Mem. Chapel, PA; Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA; Norristown (PA) Public Library; Montgomery Hospital, Norristown.

Comments: Preferred media: watercolors, oils, pastels. Teaching: art instructor, Mater Misericordiae Acad., Merion, PA, 1933-45; instr art, Collegeville Trappe Public Schools, 1935-48; art instructor, Conshocken Art League, PA, 1935-57.

Sources: WW73; WW40.