Background
Tapper, Leona Leela Siff was born on January 27, 1918 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Daughter of David M. and Dorothea (Rossen) Siff.
Tapper, Leona Leela Siff was born on January 27, 1918 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Daughter of David M. and Dorothea (Rossen) Siff.
Bachelor, University Michigan, 1938. Postgraduate, University Wisconsin, 1938—1940. Art student, Cleveland Institute Art, 1944—1948.
Art student, Art Students League, New York City, 1949—1951. Art student, Han Hoffman, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1951—1953. Master of Arts New York University, 1965.
Private art teacher, New York City, 1952—1958. Art teacher j.r. high school, 1958. Private art teacher, 1959—1962, Jaffa, Israel, 1962—1993, Baltimore, 1993—1999.
Private art therapist, New York City, 1955—1958.
Member mental health executive committee Riverdale, New York City, since 1961. Member executive committee Hospital Joint Diseases, 1956—1958. UPA representative New Lincoln School, 1954—1962, High School Music and Art, New York City, 1954—1962.
Member Denver Civic Symphony, 1942—1945, Florida String Quartet, 1949—1951. Member of Artists Equity Association New York.
Married William Tapper, August 1942 (deceased ). Children: Bruce Elliot, Devore Tapper Treewater. Married Paul Revivi, August 1984 (deceased ).