Grace Libby was born on September 12, 1884, in
Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and she grew up in
Chelsea, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Anne Lorraine (née Young) and Edgar Howard Libby, both parents had roots in New England going back to the 17th century. In 1906, she married Ralston Vollmer from Idaho. Both the Libby family and Vollmer family were active in the early development of the city of Lewiston, Idaho. In the 1920s, the Vollmers moved to southern California where Grace studied at
Otis College of Art and Design (formally Otis Art Institute) under
E. Roscoe Shrader and
Edouard Vysekal. In 1939, the Vollmers moved to
Santa Barbara, where she remained until her death on November 24, 1977. Her husband Ralston Vollmer died in 1946, and her two children died young in the 1940s. She was a member of the
Laguna Beach Art Association and the
California Art Club. == References ==