California Coast
Type:Painting
Size:10.00" x 14.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
As featured in the book Emerging from the Shadows by Maurine St. Gaudens
Anna Althea Hills ART FOR SALE
1882 Ravenna, Ohio - 1930 Laguna Beach, California. Known for: Landscape, marine, genre and figure painting.
Born in Ravenna, Ohio, Anna Althea Hills was a prominent California landscape painter who was also remembered as a civic leader in Laguna Beach. In addition to painting in her native state, she was... Read full biography
Born in Ravenna, Ohio, Anna Althea Hills was a prominent California landscape painter who was also remembered as a civic leader in Laguna Beach. In addition to painting in her native state, she was active in Arizona. She was raised in Olivet, Michigan, and attended Olivet College. She studied at... Read full biography
Born in Ravenna, Ohio, Anna Althea Hills was a prominent California landscape painter who was also remembered as a civic leader in Laguna Beach. In addition to painting in her native state, she was active in Arizona. She was raised in Olivet, Michigan, and attended Olivet College. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cooper Union in New York, and privately with Arthur Dow. After further study at the Academie Julian in Paris and traveling throughout Europe for four years, she moved to... Read full biography
Born in Ravenna, Ohio, Anna Althea Hills was a prominent California landscape painter who was also remembered as a civic leader in Laguna Beach. In addition to painting in her native state, she was active in Arizona. She was raised in Olivet, Michigan, and attended Olivet College. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cooper Union in New York, and privately with Arthur Dow. After further study at the Academie Julian in Paris and traveling throughout Europe for four years, she moved to Laguna Beach in 1913 and was painting in Arizona as early as 1914. The landscape of the West inspired her to adopt a light, colorful Impressionist palette. In spite of a severe spinal injury, she took adventurous painting trips into remote mountain... Read full biography
Born in Ravenna, Ohio, Anna Althea Hills was a prominent California landscape painter who was also remembered as a civic leader in Laguna Beach. In addition to painting in her native state, she was active in Arizona. She was raised in Olivet, Michigan, and attended Olivet College. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cooper Union in New York, and privately with Arthur Dow. After further study at the Academie Julian in Paris and traveling throughout Europe for four years, she moved to Laguna Beach in 1913 and was painting in Arizona as early as 1914. The landscape of the West inspired her to adopt a light, colorful Impressionist palette. In spite of a severe spinal injury, she took adventurous painting trips into remote mountain areas. She also supervised a Sunday School for ten years, and was a six-year president of the Laguna Beach Art Associatio... Read full biography
Anna Althea Hills - Art for Sale (4 available)
Laguna Beach Cottage Idyll
Type:Painting
Year:c1915
Size:12.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
This is a double-sided piece. Lovely Eucalytus Laguna Beach Cottage on front and Mission San Juan Capistrano on the reverse…in original carved, gilt frame.
Near Palm Springs (Native Rider)
Type:Painting
Year:Dec 1915
Size:20.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Desert Masterwork by Hills...incredibly framed in 23K gold.
"Golden Cliffs, Laguna Beach, California"
Type:Painting
Year:Circa 1914
Size:14.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Standing along the calm and tranquil Pacific in Laguna Beach, Anna Hills was enchanted with this coastal view of "golden cliffs" while looking south to Dana Point in the distant horizon. Feel free to call with any questions, Larry 949-981-0070