JOHN W. HILTON (1904-1983)

The son of itinerant missionaries, Hilton moved to Los Angeles in 1918 and worked for a gem company. During the 1930s he operated a curio shop in the desert and began painting. He became a highly competent painter from association and sketching trips with Maynard Dixon, Nicolai Fechin, Jimmy Swinnerton and Clyde Forsythe. Among the books he illustrated are: Sonora Sketch Book (1947), This is My Desert (1962) and Hilton Paints the Desert (1964). His illustrations appeared in the L.A. Times, Saturday Evening Post, Desert Magazine and others. His first solo exhibition was held in Palm Springs in 1935; he subsequently had over 100 solo shows nationally. As well as an artist, he was also a poet and a musician. Most of his life was spent as a resident of Twentynine Palms. During the last decade of his life maintained a second home in Maui, Hawaii.

DESERT DREAM

Oil on board, 16 x 20"

Signed lower right: John W. Hilton

Inscribed verso: 69-4-2 / "Desert Dream"

Custom framed

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