Pele de Lappe

Pele de Lappe (1916–2007) was an American printmaker, painter and draftsperson.

Also recorded as Phyllis DeLappe; Phyllis de Lappe; Pele DeLappe; Phyllis Murdock; Pele Edises; Phyllis Pele De Lappe.

Pele de Lappe in brief

Born
1916
Died
2007
Known for
printmaker, painter, draftsperson and lithographer
Place of birth
San Francisco
Contents

Overview

Recorded at birth as Phyllis deLappe.

Born at San Francisco in 1916, died at Petaluma in 2007.

In detail

Pele de Lappe studied at San Francisco Art Institute and Art Students League of New York.

The authority associates the name with social realism.

Work by Pele de Lappe is recorded in the collections of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, National Portrait Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Smithsonian Institution.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Pele de Lappe”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q64358618: Pele de Lappe

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Elsewhere in Prints

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