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Anna Althea Hills (1882 - 1930)
Born in Ohio in 1882, painter Anna Althea Hills would become a champion of the Laguna Beach Art Association for a majority of her adult life. Trained at the Chicago Art Institute and the Cooper Union Art School in New York, Hills would also visit Europe where she studied under John Noble Barlow at the Academie Julian. Initially Hills would work as a figure painter, but after her move to California in 1913 she would become a dedicated landscape painter.
She preferred to work “en plein air” and despite a severe spinal injury, she never hesitated to head out on painting adventures into the mountains or countryside surrounding her. While she continued to take painting excursions to areas of Arizona as well as the surrounding countryside, she continually poured a great deal of energy into art education.
She organized and lectured frequently, and arranged for traveling exhibitions in the public school systems throughout the Orange County public schools. Additionally, she would earn a reputation as an excellent art teacher in her own right.
She was a founding member of the Laguna Beach Art Association, eventually serving as its president for several terms. Her unending energies towards fundraising and the creation of the Laguna Museum of Art were recognized with a commemorative plaque placed at the site upon her death in 1930. She was also an active member of the California Art Club, held a membership at the Washington Watercolor Club and exhibited frequently.
While her early work involved figure paintings and darker interiors, the Orange County scenery truly inspired her. The landscapes and scenery she depicted in her later paintings involved Impressionistic use of light and brush techniques. Throughout her career she would employ watercolor and oil for her work.
During her career, Hill was awarded the Bronze Medal at the Panama-California Exposition, San Diego in 1915; the Bronze Medal at the California State Fair, 1919; and the Landscape Prize at the Laguna Beach Art Association, 1922, 1923.
She preferred to work “en plein air” and despite a severe spinal injury, she never hesitated to head out on painting adventures into the mountains or countryside surrounding her. While she continued to take painting excursions to areas of Arizona as well as the surrounding countryside, she continually poured a great deal of energy into art education.
She organized and lectured frequently, and arranged for traveling exhibitions in the public school systems throughout the Orange County public schools. Additionally, she would earn a reputation as an excellent art teacher in her own right.
She was a founding member of the Laguna Beach Art Association, eventually serving as its president for several terms. Her unending energies towards fundraising and the creation of the Laguna Museum of Art were recognized with a commemorative plaque placed at the site upon her death in 1930. She was also an active member of the California Art Club, held a membership at the Washington Watercolor Club and exhibited frequently.
While her early work involved figure paintings and darker interiors, the Orange County scenery truly inspired her. The landscapes and scenery she depicted in her later paintings involved Impressionistic use of light and brush techniques. Throughout her career she would employ watercolor and oil for her work.
During her career, Hill was awarded the Bronze Medal at the Panama-California Exposition, San Diego in 1915; the Bronze Medal at the California State Fair, 1919; and the Landscape Prize at the Laguna Beach Art Association, 1922, 1923.
