biografía de Andrew Putnam HILL (1853-1922)

Lugar de nacimiento: Porter County, IN

Lugar de defunción: Pacific Grove, CA

Direcciones: San Jose, CA; San Fran., CA

Profesión: Landscape and portrait painter, photographer

Estudios: San Fran. School Design, and with Virgilio Tojetti and Louis Lussier

Exposiciones: Mechanics' Inst., 1876; Calif. State Fair, 1877 (med.); St. Louis World's Fair, 1904 (med.); Lewis & Clark Expo, 1905 (med.)

Obra: de Young Mus.; San Jose Hist. Mus.; Calif. State Capitol; Bank of America, San Jose

Comentarios: His family came to California via the Isthmus of Panama. At various times he was in partnership with L. Lussier in a portrait painting business and with Sydney Yard in a photography business. His commitment to the preservation of the Redwood Forests resulted in a monument being placed in his honor in the California State Redwood Park at Big Basin.

Fuentes: Hughes, Artists in California, 255.