(1927-99)
Born In Morrinsville, Waikato, he studied at Elam SFA from 1945-51 then, under the Carnegie scholarship, at Slade and Chelsea art schools in London from 1951-52.
Tapper was a social realist painter, depicting contemporary New Zealnd life.
NZ rep: AAG, Hocken, J Wallace Col, Rot Mus, Te Papa, Waikato Mus, Whangarei Mus