A Foggy Morning, Laguna Beach
ClassificationsPaintings-oils
Artist
Anna Althea Hills
(American, 1882-1930)
Datec. 1915
Place DepictedLaguna Beach, California, United States, North America
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions10 × 7 in. (25.4 × 17.8 cm)
Framed: 10 1/2 × 13 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (26.7 × 34 × 3.8 cm)
Framed: 10 1/2 × 13 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (26.7 × 34 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Nellie Hills
Object number17283
DescriptionThis oil painting is a Laguna Beach scene noted as "looking towards the Village." Anna Althea Hills grew up traveling the Midwest with her Presbyterian Minister father, four brothers, and sister. By sixteen, she had moved out to Michigan on her own where she studied drawing at Olivet College. Between 1898 and 1913 she attended some of the most prestigious painting academies in the world, including the Art Institute of Chicago, New York’s Cooper Union, and L’Académie Julian in Paris. Anna Hills’ early style was tonally dark and focused on interiors. This changes drastically when Hills moves to Los Angeles from Europe to join her family. Hills also shifted from a focus on genre paintings to landscapes.After exploring the southlands in her first year living in Los Angeles, Hills concluded that Laguna Beach was the place to be for any artist in the area and moved there in 1914. She was one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the Laguna Beach Art Association.
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