Maurice LAPP

I attended Santa Rosa JC in the early Seventies and was fortunate to have had a class.with Mr. Lamp which I thoroughly enjoyed. He was a passionate instructor and a beautiful human being.

Maury was always a friend and mentor

Cummings Drive was quite a street on which to grow up. There was an amazing mix of musicians, scholars, and artists all of whom just happened to live on the street. I did not understand as a youngster how accomplished Maury was. He was just the kindly neighbor, totally unassuming, always pleasant and cheerful. He seemed interested in my brother Bruce and me as we aspired to be musicians. He would go for walks in the neighborhood, but pause outside our house to soak up the sounds while we...

Dear Lapp Family,
My deepest felt sympathy for the loss of your wonderful father. He was a teacher and human being who made a lasting impression on me in a number of parts of my life. His wonderful attitude of positive outlook and courage in the face of creativity inspired me. I always remember this one quote for some reason.."Mary just always remember to look for the straights within the curves" !. I look forward to learning if there will be a memorial that I can attend.
Please send...

I first met Maury in the early 80's. My husband, John Becker, had a store in North Beach, SF called Poor Taste. One Sat or Sun morning (after being up late the night before)we were awakened by a phone call from our store manager Doug Stow, who was opening up for the day. He said: "John, there is a man painting the store."
" The landlord didn't tell me the building was going to be painted!"
"No, John, he is painting an oil painting of the store." We tumbled out of bed, dressed,...

A gentle soul and the best art teacher ever. I took his adult education classes in drawing and watercolor repeatedly and learned something new each time. An amazing intelligent artist who never stopped painting.

Mr. Lapp was my art teacher for many classes back in 1968 and 69. It was an honor to have him as a teacher. This man loved what he did, loved to teach and always treated each student with respect, patience and humor. RIP Mr. Lapp.

He was my teacher in 1985,86,87 and a good friend,I enjoyed photographing him and I will miss his sweet smile. He encouraged me to never give up on my art of Photography.

I'll share a story. I had Prof. Lapp for a beginning art class in '83ish. I remembered the class fondly, but I was no artist. FF to '91 and I was bebopping around SF and I ran into him on the sidewalk in North Beach painting Caffe Treiste. I stopped to chat with him for awhile. Lots going on in my life then and it was a help to chat with someone from home. RIP.