Anna Althea Hills (1882-1930) was an American plein air painter who specialized in impressionist landscapes of the Southern California coast.
Hills was born in Ravenna, Ohio. Her father was the Reverend Aaron Merritt Hills and her mother was Althea Alamanda Ford. Anna was the second of five children.
In 1886, her mother died and her father remarried. Because of her father’s occupation, Anna’s family moved often, living in several places throughout the Midwest.
In 1898, Hills enrolled for art classes at Olivet College in Michigan.