Anderson Art & Appraisals (formerly Anderson Shea Art Appraisals) is a Santa Barbara-based art appraisal firm specializing in appraising American paintings, drawings, and sculpture -- with unique expertise in California art.

Alissa Anderson Campbell in an art historian and art appraiser specializing in California art history. Campbell has been an art appraiser in Santa Barbara, California for over 15 years and is dedicated to assisting collectors protect and manage fine art collections throughout Southern California including Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Ynez, and Southern California.

Alissa Campbell has assisted private collectors -- as well as numerous museums and other institutions with art appraisals including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, La Purisima California Mission, and Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 

For information about having your art appraised, please see our Appraisal Services page. We prepare appraisal for Fair Market Value, Resale, Estate Planning, Insurance/Retail Replacement Value (in the case of fire or loss.)

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As an scholar of California art, Alissa Anderson Campbell recently served as Guest Curator of the Laguna Art Museum's exhibition "Francis DeErdely: Striking Figures." Campbell is the leading expert on Francis De Erdely's work and the Laguna exhibition was based on Campbell's primary research and writing from her MA thesis. This was the first major retrospective on the modernist California artist in over 50 years. Campbell authored the exhibition catalog "Francis De Erdely: Striking Figures" for the Laguna Art Museum.

"Striking Figures: Francis DeErdely" (published by Laguna Art Museum) by Alissa Anderson Campbell was the first major book written about one of California's most influential modern artists and teachers of the mid-century. As part of the exhibition, Campbell gave a lecture called Francis DeErdely: Focus on the Figure at the Laguna Art Museum on Francis De Erdely and his impact on the California modern art scene of Southern California.

Campbell also authored the book, "Nell Brooker Mayhew: Paintings on Paper" (Balcony Press/Chronicle) as well as "Women Artists of the Central [California] Coast: 1875-1950" (Sullivan Goss). Campbell has written number of exhibition catalogs, art reviews, and criticism in the field of American art. 

Campbell specializes in California art and served as curator of the Wildling Art Museum’s "Milford Zornes: An American Artist" as well the Museum’s exhibition "Members Collect III " which included the work of California artists. Campbell also served on the Wildling Art Museum's Collection and Exhibition Committee for many years.

Edgar Ewing "Black Dome, Rome" Oil

Francis DeErdely "Portrait of Lady" 1942 Oil/canvas

Francis DeErdely "Portrait of Lady" 1942 Oil

Richard Haines "Surreal Landscape" Oil

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