Artist

Laura Coombs Hills

Portrait of Laura Coombs Hills
Portrait of Laura Coombs Hills

American, 1859–1952

Laura Coombs Hills was an American American Impressionism artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Laura Coombs Hills was born in Newburyport.

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. She also worked as a designer and illustrated children's books for authors such as Kate Douglas Wiggin and Anna M. Pratt.

Works by Laura Coombs Hills

Collections represented

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