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 is the leading art appraiser in Santa Barbara, having worked in museums, galleries, and auction house throughout the world. After earning her MA at Christie's in New York, Anderson Campbell has been working in Santa Barbara, California for nearly 20 years on art appraisal.
Anderson Art Appraisals 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.
Anderson Art Appraisals 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, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, amongst others.
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 a scholar of California art, Alissa Anderson Campbell recently served as Guest Curator of the Laguna Art Museum's 2022 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 first book on the California artist. This was the first major retrospective and biography on the mid-century 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 is an independent curator as well as appraiser, with a specialty in California art. She has dedicated her career to the history of California artists, especially women artists. In 2005 she authored the book, "Nell Brooker Mayhew: Paintings on Paper" (Balcony Press/Chronicle Books) . Her primary research was the basis of "Women Artists of the Central [California] Coast: 1875-1950" (Sullivan Goss), one of the first encyclopedic works of women working in Southern California during this period. Campbell has written number of exhibition catalogs, art reviews, and criticism in the field of American art.
Alissa Anderson Campbell earned Master's degree from Christie's in New York City and a BA from UC Santa Barbara. Anderson Campbell is based in Santa Barbara, California.
Campbell specializes in California art and also served as guest curator of the recent 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 including Edgar Payne. Campbell also served on the Wildling Art Museum's Collection and Exhibition Committee for many years.
