Anna Althea Hills, American (1882 - 1930)

Anna Althea Hills studied at Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan; the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois; Cooper Union in
New York City, New York; and at the Académie Julian in Paris, France.

She served as President of the Laguna Beach Art Association in Laguna Beach, California. She was also a member of the California Art Club.

She won awards for her art including Bronze Medals at the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, and at the California State Fair in 1919. She won the Landscape Prize from the Laguna Beach Art Association in 1922 and again in 1923.

In 1929, together with Edgar Payne, Anna Althea Hills founded a custom built gallery for the Laguna Beach Art Association. The gallery eventually expanded to become the Laguna Beach Art Museum.

Anna Althea Hills is listed in Edan Hughes book Artists In California 1786 -1940.

The art of Anna Althea Hills is or has been exhibited in museums, galleries, art associations, fairs and universities
including but not necessarily limited to the following:
Anna Hills Studio, Laguna Beach, CA
Artists of Southern California, San Diego, CA
Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery, Bodega Bay, CA
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
California Art Club, Los Angeles, CA
California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA
Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago, IL
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Ebell Club, Los Angeles, CA
Fleisher Museum, Scottsdale, AZ
George Stern Fine Arts, Hollywood, CA
Irvine Museum, Irvine, CA
Kanst Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Laguna Beach Art Association in Laguna Beach, CA
Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Lawrence Beebe Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Los Angeles County Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, CA
Redfern Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA
South Coast Fine Art, Carmel, CA
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Washington Water Color Club, Washington, DC

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