Born in Carlsbad, NM on Oct. 13, 1906. Rackley studied at the University of Texas, New Mexico Normal School, Kunstgewerbe Schule in Hamburg, Germany, and with Walter Ufer and George Grosz. By 1947 her married name was Simon and she had settled in Oakland, CA. She died in Lafayette, CA on Nov. 19, 1992. Member: Nat'l Serigraph Society. Exh: Nicholson Gallery (Pasadena), 1931, 1934; AFA, 1932; Laguna Beach AA, 1946; Carnegie Inst., 1948. In: MM; Princeton Print Club.
Source: Edan Hughes,
"Artists in California, 1786-1940"Who's Who in American Art 1947-62; Social Security Death Index (1940-2002).
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