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ANNA HILLS
(1882-1930)
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| HILLS, Anna Althea (1882-1930). Landscape painter.
Anna Hills was born in Ravenna, OH on Jan. 28, 1882. Hills grew up in Michigan and attended Olivet College there. She first studied art at the AIC, Cooper Union, and privately with Arthur Dow in New York. During 1908-13 Anna HIlls was in Europe where she further studied at Academie Julian in Paris and with John Noble Barlow in England. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1913, she moved to California and soon settled in Laguna Beach. Hills cofounded and served as president of the Laguna Beach Art Ass'n for six years and helped raise funds to establish the present art museum. A bronze plaque was placed there after her death on June 13, 1930. Anna Hills is revered as an organizer, lecturer, and for her community work in Laguna. Her early works are mostly dark tonal interiors, genre and figure studies; whereas, in California her palatte brightened as she turned her attention to landscapes and marines. Working in oil and watercolor, she adopted a decorative, Post-Impressionist style to record the California scene.
Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California 1786-1940"
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ANNA HILLS
(1882 - 1930)
"The Green Domes, San Francisco Exposition 1915"
Oil on board
7" x 10"
With flags waiving and the famous Panama-Pacific Exposition's Green Domes in the background
Anna Hills captures this great historical event. A wonderful little palette knife painting housed in
a nice gold leaf frame with frame label. Signed and dated 1915 by the artist front and back.
For more information about the Panama-Pacific Exhibition read Ask Art's fine essay.
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ANNA HILLS
(1882 - 1930)
"Riverside Valley"
Oil on board
7" x 10"
Once there was a place in Southern California called, "Riverside Valley". This great little
palette knife gem by Anna Hills represents a different time and place in Southern California.
This small painting really delivers a pleasing view with vibrant color and composition under
those great clouds that Anna Hills is known to paint.
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ANNA HILLS
(1882 - 1930)
"Red Roses"
Oil on board
7" x 10"
Another beautiful display of palette knife work by Anna Hills! Confident paint strokes are seen
all-around this artist's board with no areas of thin paint anywhere. Anna Hills captures color, light,
composition, and detail in this striking little painting. Packaged in a appropriately selected and
custom hand carved, gold leaf frame.
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ANNA HILLS
(1882 - 1930)
"California Hills"
Oil on board
7" x 10"
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