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Laura Coombs Hills (1859–1952) was an American artist and illustrator who specialized in watercolor and pastel still life paintings, especially of flowers, and miniature portrait paintings on ivory. She became the first miniature painter elected to the Society of American Artists, and was a founder of the American Society of Miniature Painters.
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Laura Coombs Hills – Artwork and Bio of the American Artist. Laura Coombs Hills was an American Artist born on 7 September 1859 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA. Laura’s formal education began in Boston, where she took art classes under Helen M. Knowlton. Laura then enrolled at the Cowles Art School in Boston, leaving after two months to ...
Artwork Details. Overview. Provenance. Title: Hollyhocks in the Sunshine. Artist: Laura Coombs Hills (American, 1859–1952) Date: 1920s. Geography: Made in United States. Culture: American. Medium: Pastel on paperboard. Dimensions: 21 in. × 14 3/4 in. (53.3 × 37.5 cm) Mat: 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)
The American Wing. English Primroses. Laura Coombs Hills American. 1947. Not on view. A native of Newburyport, Massachusetts, Laura Coombs Hills began her career as an acclaimed painter of miniature portraits.
The works of Laura Hills are found in many public and private collections including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The artist was well represented in "The Bostonians: Painters of an Elegant Age, 1870-1930," which traveled from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to the Denver Art Museum and the Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago.
